By: Bonnen of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1953
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
NelsonX
HinojosaX
BettencourtX
EltifeX
HancockX
HuffmanX
KolkhorstX
NicholsX
SchwertnerX
SeligerX
Taylorof GalvestonX
UrestiX
WatsonX
WestX
WhitmireX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline for counties and municipalities to provide
notice of a proposed property tax rate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 140.010(f), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A county or municipality shall:
(1) provide the notice required by Subsection (d) or
(e), as applicable, not later than the later of September 1 or the
30th day after the first date that the taxing unit has received each
applicable certified appraisal roll by:
(A) publishing the notice in a newspaper having
general circulation in:
(i) the county, in the case of notice
published by a county; or
(ii) the county in which the municipality
is located or primarily located, in the case of notice published by
a municipality; or
(B) mailing the notice to each property owner in:
(i) the county, in the case of notice
provided by a county; or
(ii) the municipality, in the case of
notice provided by a municipality; and
(2) post the notice on the Internet website of the
county or municipality, if applicable, beginning not later than the
later of September 1 or the 30th day after the first date that the
taxing unit has received each applicable certified appraisal roll
and continuing until the county or municipality adopts a tax rate.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an ad valorem tax year
that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
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