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Amend SB 2 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumber subsequent ARTICLES and cross-references to those ARTICLES accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
SECTION ____.01. Section 11.13, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows:
(s) An individual is entitled to an exemption from taxation by a school district of $50,000 of the appraised value of the individual's residence homestead if the individual has been employed in one or more public primary or secondary schools as a full-time classroom teacher, librarian, certified school counselor, or school nurse for not less than eight years and is employed in such a school on January 1 of the tax year for which the individual claims the exemption.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 8 of the bill and include the number of the article added in Item (1) of this amendment as appropriate:
SECTION 8.____. Article ____ of this Act takes effect January 1, 2024, but only if the constitutional amendment proposed by HJR 2, 88th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 2023, is approved by the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, Article ____ of this Act has no effect.