81R3418 JE-D By: Ogden S.B. No. 1024 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the due dates for split payment of ad valorem taxes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 31.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The governing body of a taxing unit that collects its own taxes may provide, in the manner required by law for official action by the body, that a person who pays one-half of the unit's taxes on or before December 31 [1] may pay the remaining one-half of the taxes without penalty or interest before July 1 of the following year. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.