| 1 | 1 | | 81R4217 SMH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bonnen H.B. No. 653 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the inclusion on the exterior of an ad valorem tax bill |
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| 8 | 8 | | of a statement directing the United States Postal Service to return |
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| 9 | 9 | | the bill if it is not deliverable as addressed. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.01(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsections (f) and (i-1), the |
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| 14 | 14 | | assessor for each taxing unit shall prepare and mail a tax bill to |
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| 15 | 15 | | each person in whose name the property is listed on the tax roll and |
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| 16 | 16 | | to the person's authorized agent. The assessor shall mail tax bills |
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| 17 | 17 | | by October 1 or as soon thereafter as practicable. The assessor |
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| 18 | 18 | | shall mail to the state agency or institution the tax bill for any |
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| 19 | 19 | | taxable property owned by the agency or institution. The agency or |
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| 20 | 20 | | institution shall pay the taxes from funds appropriated for payment |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the taxes or, if there are none, from funds appropriated for the |
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| 22 | 22 | | administration of the agency or institution. The exterior of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | tax bill must show the return address of the taxing unit. If the |
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| 24 | 24 | | assessor wants the United States Postal Service to return the tax |
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| 25 | 25 | | bill if it is not deliverable as addressed, the exterior of the tax |
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| 26 | 26 | | bill may [and must] contain, in all capital letters, the words |
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| 27 | 27 | | "RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED," or another appropriate statement |
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| 28 | 28 | | directing the United States Postal Service to return the tax bill if |
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| 29 | 29 | | it is not deliverable as addressed. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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