Amend CSHB 3646 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 26, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Section 26.083 to read as follows:
	Sec. 26.083.  TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION TO ADOPT SCHOOL 
DISTRICT TAX RATE THAT EXCEEDS DISTRICT'S ROLLBACK TAX RATE.  (a) 
The governing body of a school district in the manner provided by 
law for official action by the governing body may call an election 
to authorize the district to adopt a maintenance and operations tax 
rate not to exceed a specified rate for a specified period.
	(b)  An election under this section must be held on a uniform 
election date.  If the governing body of the school district has not 
adopted a tax rate for the current tax year before the date the 
election is held, the election applies to the district's tax rate 
for the current tax year and the following four tax years.  If the 
governing body of the school district adopted a tax rate for the 
current tax year before the date the election is held, the election 
applies to the district's tax rate for the following five tax years.
	(c)  The ballot for the election shall be prepared to permit 
voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing the (name of 
school district) to adopt a tax rate for maintenance and operations 
purposes for (the current tax year and the following four tax years 
or the following five tax years, as applicable) at a rate not to 
exceed $    per $100 valuation."  The ballot proposition must 
include the proposed limit on the school district's maintenance and 
operations tax rate.
	(d)  If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the 
proposition, the school district, for the current tax year and the 
following four tax years or for the following five tax years, as 
applicable, may adopt a tax rate that does not exceed the sum of the 
rate stated in the ballot proposition and the district's current 
debt rate for the applicable year without being required to hold an 
election under Section 26.08 to ratify the adopted tax rate, 
regardless of whether the adopted tax rate exceeds the district's 
rollback tax rate for that tax year.
	(e)  If the proposition is not approved as provided by 
Subsection (d), Section 26.08 applies to the school district's tax 
rate for the applicable tax years.
	SECTION ____.  Section 26.083, Tax Code, as added by this 
Act, applies only to the ad valorem tax rate of a school district 
for a tax year beginning on or after the effective date of this Act.