Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 31.01, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d-2) and (d-3) to read as follows:
(d-2) This subsection applies only to a school district. In addition to any other information required by this section, the tax bill or the separate statement shall:
(1) state the percentage of the total cost of public primary and secondary education in this state that is paid by the state;
(2) state the percentage of the total cost of public primary and secondary education in this state that is paid by school districts; and
(3) include a statement in substantially the following form:
"This year, the state budget directs the commissioner of education to make allocations to school districts based on an estimated increase of ____percent (insert percentage increase in property value for the applicable tax year as contained in the Foundation School Program Funding rider in the bill pattern of the appropriations to the Texas Education Agency in the General Appropriations Act for the applicable tax year) in local property value for the tax year."
(d-3) The comptroller of public accounts shall provide each school district with the information required for purposes of Subsection (d-2) not later than August 1 of each year.
(b) Section 31.01, Tax Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a bill for ad valorem taxes imposed for a tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2018. A bill for ad valorem taxes imposed for a tax year beginning before January 1, 2018, is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.