Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 24, line 25, strike the last comma and insert "(13),".

(2)  On page 25, between lines 20 and 21, insert:

(13)  "Last year's levy" means the total of:

(A)  the amount of taxes that would be generated by multiplying the total tax rate adopted by the governing body in the preceding year by the total taxable value of property on the appraisal roll for the preceding year, including:

(i)  taxable value that was reduced in an appeal under Chapter 42; and

(ii)  all appraisal roll supplements and corrections other than corrections made pursuant to Section 25.25(d), as of the date of the calculation, except that last year's taxable value for a school district excludes the total value of homesteads that qualified for a tax limitation as provided by Section 11.26 and last year's taxable value for a county, municipality, or junior college district excludes the total value of homesteads that qualified for a tax limitation as provided by Section 11.261; [and]

(B)  the amount of taxes refunded by the taxing unit in the preceding year for tax years before that year.