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Amend SJR 13 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 1 of the joint resolution and substitute
the following:
SECTION 1. Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution,
is amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) of this section, the
legislature by general law may provide for the reduction of the
amount of a limitation provided by that subsection and applicable
to a residence homestead for the 2007 tax year to reflect any
reduction from the 2006 tax year in the tax rate for general
elementary and secondary public school purposes applicable to the
homestead. A general law enacted under this subsection may also
take into account any reduction in the tax rate for those purposes
from the 2005 tax year to the 2006 tax year if the homestead was
subject to the limitation in the 2006 tax year. A general law
enacted under this subsection may provide that, except as otherwise
provided by Subsection (d) of this subsection, a limitation
provided by that subsection that is reduced under the general law
continues to apply to the residence homestead in subsequent tax
years until the limitation expires.
(2) In SECTION 2 of the joint resolution, in Subsection (a)
of the temporary provision of the Texas Constitution, between
"taxes" and the underlined period (page 2, line 12), insert "for the
2006 and 2007 tax years".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the joint resolution, in Subsection (b)
of the temporary provision of the Texas Constitution (page 3, line
14), strike "1-b(d)" and substitute "1-b".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the joint resolution, in the ballot
proposition, between "taxes" and the period (page 4, line 3),
insert "for the 2006 and 2007 tax years".