82R9840 ALL-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 2461
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the immunity of property tax arbitrators from liability
for determinations made in the course of binding arbitrations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 41A, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Section 41A.14 to read as follows:
Sec. 41A.14. IMMUNITY. An arbitrator appointed under this
chapter is immune from civil liability that is based on the
arbitrator's determination of the value of property or of the
appropriate award of any remedy or relief under Section 41A.09 as if
the arbitrator were a district judge making the determination. All
existing immunity granted arbitrators by law, express or implied,
continues in full force and effect.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.