Amend CSHB 3676 (House committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 7, line 1, strike "Subsection (a)" and substitute "Subsections (a), (b), and (d)".
(2) On page 8, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
(b) The governing body of a school district is not required
to consider an application for a limitation on appraised value that
is filed with the governing body under Subsection (a). If the
governing body of the school district does elect to consider an
application, the governing body shall deliver three copies of the
application to the comptroller and request that the comptroller
provide an economic impact evaluation of the application to the
school district. Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the
comptroller shall conduct or contract with a third person to
conduct the evaluation, which shall be completed and provided to
the governing body of the school district as soon as
practicable. The governing body shall provide to the comptroller
or third person any requested information. A methodology to allow
comparisons of economic impact for different schedules of the
addition of qualified investment or qualified property may be
developed as part of the economic impact evaluation. The governing
body shall provide a copy of the evaluation to the applicant on
request. The comptroller may charge and collect a fee sufficient
to cover the costs of providing the economic impact
evaluation. The governing body of a school district shall approve
or disapprove an application before the 151st [121st] day after the
date the application is filed, unless the economic impact
evaluation has not been received or an extension is agreed to by the
governing body and the applicant.
(d) Before the 91st [61st] day after the date the
comptroller receives the copy of the application, the comptroller
shall submit a recommendation to the governing body of the school
district as to whether the application should be approved or
disapproved.
(3) On page 14, strike line 19 and substitute the following:
exceeds the period beginning with the period described by Section
313.021(4) and ending with the period described by Section
313.104(2)(B)
(4) On page 21, strike lines 15-19 and substitute the
following:
SECTION 15. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section:
(1) this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
(b) Sections 313.025(a-1), (h), and (i) and 313.0265, Tax
Code, as added by this Act, take effect January 1, 2010.