Amend SB 244, in SECTION 1 of the bill, in Section 209.009, 
Property Code (committee printing page 1, between  lines 28 and 29) 
by adding a new Subsection (c) to read as follows:

	(c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to a payment received by a 
property owners' association if:
		(1)  membership in the property owners' association is 
mandatory for owners or for a defined class of owners of private 
real property in a defined geographic area in a county with a 
population of 3.3 million or more or in a county adjacent to a 
county with a population of 3.3 million or more;
		(2)  the property owners' association has the power to 
make mandatory special assessments for capital improvements or 
mandatory regular assessments; and
		(3)  the amount of the mandatory special or regular 
assessments is or has ever been based in whole or in part on the 
value at which the state or a local governmental body assesses the 
property for purposes of ad valorem taxation under Section 20, 
Article VIII, Texas Constitution.