Amend CSHB 3646 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 26.01(e), Tax Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), by April 30 [June 
7], the chief appraiser shall prepare and certify to the assessor 
for each county, municipality, and school district participating in 
the appraisal district an estimate of the taxable value of property 
in that taxing unit.  The chief appraiser shall assist each county, 
municipality, and school district in determining values of property 
in that taxing unit for the taxing unit's budgetary purposes.
	SECTION ____.  Section 26.05, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the governing body of a 
school district that elects to adopt a tax rate before the adoption 
of a budget for the fiscal year that begins in the current tax year 
may adopt a tax rate for the current tax year before receipt of the 
certified appraisal roll for the school district if the chief 
appraiser of the appraisal district in which the school district 
participates has certified to the assessor for the school district 
an estimate of the taxable value of property in the school district 
as provided by Section 26.01(e).  If a school district adopts a tax 
rate under this subsection, the effective tax rate and the rollback 
tax rate of the district shall be calculated based on the certified 
estimate of taxable value.
	SECTION ____.  Section 44.004, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (j) to read as 
follows:
	(h)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a 
school district with a fiscal year beginning July 1 may use the 
certified estimate of the taxable value of district property 
required by Section 26.01(e) [26.01(d)], Tax Code, in preparing the 
notice required by this section if the district does not receive on 
or before June 7 the certified appraisal roll for the district 
required by Section 26.01(a), Tax Code.
	(j)  Notwithstanding Subsections (g), (h), and (i), a school 
district may adopt a budget after the district adopts a tax rate for 
the tax year in which the fiscal year covered by the budget begins 
if the district elects to adopt a tax rate before receiving the 
certified appraisal roll for the district as provided by Section 
26.05(g).  If a school district elects to adopt a tax rate before 
adopting a budget, the district must publish notice and hold a 
meeting for the purpose of discussing the proposed tax rate as 
provided by this section.  Following adoption of the tax rate, the 
district must publish notice and hold another public meeting before 
the district may adopt a budget.  The comptroller shall prescribe 
the language and format to be used in the notices.  The school 
district may use the certified estimate of taxable value in 
preparing a notice under this subsection.
	SECTION ____.  Section 3.005, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (c) and 
(d), an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision 
shall be ordered not later than the 62nd day before election day.
	(d)  An election under Section 26.08, Tax Code, to ratify a 
tax rate adopted by the governing body of a school district under 
Section 26.05(g) of that code shall be ordered not later than the 
30th day before election day.
	SECTION ____.  Section 4.008, Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 4.008.  NOTICE TO COUNTY CLERK. (a) Except as provided 
by Subsection (b), the [The] governing body of a political 
subdivision, other than a county, that orders an election shall 
deliver notice of the election to the county clerk of each county in 
which the political subdivision is located not later than the 60th 
day before election day.
	(b)  The governing body of a school district that orders an 
election under Section 26.08, Tax Code, to ratify an ad valorem tax 
rate adopted by the governing body under Section 26.05(g) of that 
code shall deliver notice of the election to the county clerk of 
each county in which the school district is located not later than 
the 30th day before election day.
	SECTION ____.  Section 44.004, Education Code, Sections 
3.005 and 4.008, Election Code, and Sections 26.01 and 26.05, Tax 
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to ad valorem taxes imposed 
for a tax year beginning on or after the effective date of this Act.