| 1 | | - | By: Bonnen of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1953 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; |
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| 4 | | - | May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1953 |
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| 27 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 28 | 5 | | relating to the deadline for counties and municipalities to provide |
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| 29 | 6 | | notice of a proposed property tax rate. |
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| 30 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 31 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 140.010(f), Local Government Code, is |
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| 32 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 33 | 10 | | (f) A county or municipality shall: |
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| 34 | 11 | | (1) provide the notice required by Subsection (d) or |
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| 35 | 12 | | (e), as applicable, not later than the later of September 1 or the |
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| 36 | 13 | | 30th day after the first date that the taxing unit has received each |
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| 37 | 14 | | applicable certified appraisal roll by: |
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| 38 | 15 | | (A) publishing the notice in a newspaper having |
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| 39 | 16 | | general circulation in: |
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| 40 | 17 | | (i) the county, in the case of notice |
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| 41 | 18 | | published by a county; or |
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| 42 | 19 | | (ii) the county in which the municipality |
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| 43 | 20 | | is located or primarily located, in the case of notice published by |
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| 44 | 21 | | a municipality; or |
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| 45 | 22 | | (B) mailing the notice to each property owner in: |
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| 46 | 23 | | (i) the county, in the case of notice |
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| 47 | 24 | | provided by a county; or |
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| 48 | 25 | | (ii) the municipality, in the case of |
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| 49 | 26 | | notice provided by a municipality; and |
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| 50 | 27 | | (2) post the notice on the Internet website of the |
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| 51 | 28 | | county or municipality, if applicable, beginning not later than the |
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| 52 | 29 | | later of September 1 or the 30th day after the first date that the |
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| 53 | 30 | | taxing unit has received each applicable certified appraisal roll |
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| 54 | 31 | | and continuing until the county or municipality adopts a tax rate. |
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| 55 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an ad valorem tax year |
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| 56 | 33 | | that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 57 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1953 was passed by the House on April |
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| 38 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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| 39 | + | voting. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1953 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 43 | + | 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | + | Date |
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| 48 | + | _____________________ |
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| 49 | + | Governor |
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