Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 7, line 18, strike "Subsection (r)" and substitute "Subsections (r) and (s)".

(2)  On page 10, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

(s)  The state shall reimburse a taxing unit for the reasonable cost of an election required under this section at which the registered voters of the taxing unit approve the tax rate adopted by the governing body of the taxing unit. A taxing unit must apply to the secretary of state for reimbursement. The secretary of state shall pay the costs associated with reimbursing taxing units under this section out of funds appropriated to the secretary of state for that purpose. The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures to implement and administer this subsection.

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

SECTION ____.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, Section 26.08(s), Tax Code, as added by this Act, takes effect September 1, 2019.