Amend CSHB 1736 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  The Legislature finds that current rules adopted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding qualification of property for exemption from taxation under Section 11.31, Tax Code, are consistent with the Legislature's desire to exempt only property used, constructed, acquired, or installed wholly or partly to meet or exceed laws, rules, or regulations adopted by any environmental protection agency of the United States, Texas, or a political subdivision of Texas, for the prevention, monitoring, control, or reduction of air, water, or land pollution. The Legislature further finds that current unique market forces are a deterrent to landfill methane capture, and the limited exemption set forth in this Act will prevent the loss of facilities that help the state in reducing pollution.