By: Farrar, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 871
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2009;
May 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 2009, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the method of mailing notice a municipal management
district may use to notify a property owner about a scheduled
hearing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Written notice containing the information required by
Subsection (b) shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested, or by another method determined by the board to provide
adequate proof that the notice was timely mailed, not later than the
30th day before the date of the hearing. The notice shall be mailed
to each property owner in the district who will be subject to
assessment at the current address of the property to be assessed as
reflected on the tax rolls.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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