82R12179 CJC-F
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 872
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 872:
By: Hilderbran C.S.H.B. No. 872
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the right of a person exempt from registration as a
property tax consultant who files a protest with the appraisal
review board on behalf of a property owner to receive notices from
the board regarding the property subject to the protest.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.111(j), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(j) An individual exempt from registration as a property tax
consultant under Section 1152.002, Occupations Code, who is not
supervised, directed, or compensated by a person required to
register as a property tax consultant under that section and who
files a protest with the appraisal review board on behalf of the
property owner is entitled to receive all notices from the
appraisal district and appraisal review board regarding the
property subject to the protest until the authority is revoked by
the property owner as provided by this section. If the property
owner has not designated the individual under Subsection (f) of
this section or Section 1.11 as the person to whom all notices, tax
bills, orders, and other communications relating to the owner's
property or taxes are to be delivered, the individual shall include
with the protest a written statement that includes:
(1) the individual's name and address;
(2) a statement that the individual is acting on the
property owner's behalf; and
(3) the basis for the individual's exemption from
registration under Section 1152.002, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. 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.