Amend CSHB 3474 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 4B, Chapter 628, Acts of the 68th Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended by adding Subdivision (16) to read as follows:
(16) If the district enters into a tax abatement agreement with the owner of single-family residential property to exempt a portion of the taxable value of the property from taxation as authorized by Subdivision (7)(B) of this section, the tax assessor-collector for the district or a person designated by the tax assessor-collector may file an application for the exemption on behalf of the property owner with the chief appraiser for the appraisal district in which the property is located.
(b) All governmental and proprietary actions of the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District taken before the effective date of this Act are validated, ratified, and confirmed in all respects as if the actions had been taken as authorized by law.
(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to any matter that on the effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court judgment; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.