By: Otto (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 242 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; April 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to printer.) A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the requirement that certain ad valorem tax-related notices be delivered to a property owner by certified mail. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1.07(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) A notice required by Section 11.45(d), 23.44(d), 23.46(c), 23.54(e), 23.541(c), 23.55(e), 23.57(d), 23.76(e), 23.79(d), or 23.85(d) must be sent by certified mail. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. * * * * *