84R1764 LEH-D
By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 1075
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the contents of a notice of appraised value sent to a
property owner by the chief appraiser of an appraisal district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 25.19(b) and (i), Tax Code, are amended
to read as follows:
(b) The chief appraiser shall separate real from personal
property and include in the notice for each:
(1) a list of the taxing units in which the property is
taxable;
(2) the appraised value of the property in the
preceding year;
(3) the taxable value of the property in the preceding
year for each taxing unit taxing the property;
(4) the appraised value of the property for the
current year and the kind and amount of each partial exemption, if
any, approved for the current year;
(5) [if the appraised value is greater than it was in
the preceding year, the amount of tax that would be imposed on the
property on the basis of the tax rate for the preceding year;
[(6)] in italic typeface, the following
statement: "The Texas Legislature does not set the amount of your
local taxes. Your property tax burden is decided by your locally
elected officials, and all inquiries concerning your taxes should
be directed to those officials";
(6) [(7)] a detailed explanation of the time and
procedure for protesting the value;
(7) [(8)] the date and place the appraisal review
board will begin hearing protests; and
(8) [(9)] a brief explanation that the governing body
of each taxing unit decides whether or not taxes on the property
will increase and the appraisal district only determines the value
of the property.
(i) Delivery with a notice required by Subsection (a) or (g)
of a copy of the pamphlet published by the comptroller under Section
5.06 or a copy of the notice published by the chief appraiser under
Section 41.70 is sufficient to comply with the requirement that the
notice include the information specified by Subsection (b)(6)
[(b)(7)] or (g)(3), as applicable.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a tax year beginning on
or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2015, to repeal the requirement that a notice of
the revaluation of property for property tax purposes include an
estimate of the taxes that would be imposed on the property by a
political subdivision if the total amount of property taxes imposed
by the political subdivision were not increased is approved by the
voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
has no effect.