| 1 | 1 | | By: Otto, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 241 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to |
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| 6 | 6 | | printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the notice provided by the chief appraiser of an |
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| 12 | 12 | | appraisal district of the availability of agreement forms |
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| 13 | 13 | | authorizing certain electronic communications. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 1.085(h), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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| 16 | 16 | | follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (h) This subsection applies to the chief appraiser of an |
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| 18 | 18 | | appraisal district only if the appraisal district is located in a |
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| 19 | 19 | | county described by Subsection (g) or the chief appraiser has |
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| 20 | 20 | | decided to authorize electronic communication under this section |
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| 21 | 21 | | and the appraisal district has implemented a system that allows |
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| 22 | 22 | | such communication. The chief appraiser shall provide notice |
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| 23 | 23 | | regarding the availability of agreement forms authorizing |
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| 24 | 24 | | electronic communication under this section. The chief appraiser |
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| 25 | 25 | | shall provide the notice by: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) publishing a notice in a newspaper having general |
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| 27 | 27 | | circulation in the district at least once on or before February 1 of |
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| 28 | 28 | | each year that includes the words "Notice of Availability of |
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| 29 | 29 | | Electronic Communications"; or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) delivering the agreement form on or before |
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| 31 | 31 | | February 1, or as soon as practicable after that date, to each owner |
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| 32 | 32 | | of property shown on the certified appraisal roll for the preceding |
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| 33 | 33 | | tax year and on or before February 1 of each subsequent year, or as |
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| 34 | 34 | | soon as practicable after that date, to each new owner of property |
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| 35 | 35 | | shown on the certified appraisal roll for the preceding tax year. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 37 | 37 | | * * * * * |
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