Amend HB 2282 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section 42.36(a)(2), Tax Code (page 2, line 1), strike "$10,000" and substitute "$5,000".

(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike proposed Section 42.38, Tax Code (page 2, lines 19-22), and substitute the following:

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  On the expiration of Subchapter B-1, Chapter 42, Tax Code, as added by this Act, the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, using existing resources, shall conduct a study of that subchapter's effectiveness in increasing court efficiency and improving property owners' ability to exercise their appeal rights under Chapter 42, Tax Code. Not later than December 1, 2022, the office shall issue a report on the study to the appropriate standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate. The report must include the office's recommendation as to whether the legislature, in the next regular legislative session following the issuance of the report, should enact legislation similar to Subchapter B-1, Chapter 42, Tax Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION ____.  An appeal under Subchapter B-1, Chapter 42, Tax Code, that is pending on September 1, 2021, is governed by that subchapter as it existed on August 31, 2021, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.