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	Amend CSHB 2591 as follows:                                                  

(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 	1152.156(a), Occupations Code (page 1, line 19),  strike "1152.161" 
and substitute "1152.160".
	(2)  Strike the text of SECTION 3 of the bill (page 2, lines 
1-22) and substitute the following:
	SECTION 3.  Section 1152.160, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 1152.160.  [SENIOR PROPERTY TAX CONSULTANT] 
REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS [EXAMINATION].  (a)  The executive 
director shall:
		(1)  adopt an examination for registration as a senior 
property tax consultant; [and]
		(2)  adopt an examination for registration as a 
property tax consultant; and
		(3)  establish the standards for passing the 
examinations [examination].
	(b)  The department shall offer the examinations
[examination] at times and places designated by the executive 
director.
	(c)  To be eligible to take an [the] examination, an 
applicant must pay to the department an examination fee.
	(d)  The examination must[:                                   
		[(1)]  test the applicant's knowledge of:                    
		(1) [(A)]  property taxation;                         
		(2) [(B)]  the property tax system;                   
		(3) [(C)]  property tax administration;               
		(4) [(D)]  ethical standards; and                     
		(5) [(E)]  general principles of appraisal, 
accounting, and law as they relate to property tax consulting 
services[;  and
		[(2)  be graded according to rules adopted by the 
commission].
	(e)  An attorney who is licensed to practice law in this 
state may take the senior property tax consultant registration 
examination under this section without completing any other 
eligibility requirements for registration as a senior property tax 
consultant under this chapter.
	(f)  The department shall accept, develop, or contract for 
the examinations required by this section, including the 
administration of the examination.
	(3)  In SECTION 5 of the bill (page 4, line 15), strike "adopt 
the examination" and substitute "accept, develop, or contract for 
the property tax consultant examination".
	(4)  In SECTION 5 of the bill (page 4, line 15), strike 
"1152.161" and substitute "1152.160".
	(5)  In SECTION 5 of the bill (page 4, line 16), strike 
"added" and substitute "amended".
	(6)  Strike the text of SECTION 7 of the bill (page 4, line 
25) and substitute the following:
	SECTION 7.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this 
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	(b)  Section 1152.152(c), Occupations Code, and Subchapter 
E-1, Chapter 1152, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, take 
effect January 1, 2010.