81R1305 UM-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 907
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to liability for and payment of the fees of an attorney ad
litem in a suit to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.49, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
(c), a taxing unit is not liable in a suit to collect taxes for court
costs, including any fees for service of process, [an attorney ad
litem,] arbitration, or mediation, and may not be required to post
security for costs.
(c) A taxing unit shall pay the reasonable attorney ad litem
fees approved by the court from the unit's general fund as soon as
practicable after receipt of the attorney ad litem's claim for
payment. The taxing unit is entitled to reimbursement toward the
fees from other taxing units as provided by Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a suit to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes that is filed on or
after September 1, 2009.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.