| 1 | 1 | | 84R574 DDT-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Faircloth H.B. No. 2431 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain notices provided by the assessor or collector |
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| 8 | 8 | | for, or an agent of, a taxing unit. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 33.04(b), Tax Code, as added by Chapter |
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| 11 | 11 | | 935 (H.B. 1597), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2013, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) A notice of delinquency must contain the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | statement in capital letters: "THE TAXES ON THIS PROPERTY ARE |
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| 15 | 15 | | DELINQUENT. THE PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO A LIEN FOR THE DELINQUENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | TAXES. IF THE DELINQUENT TAXES ARE NOT PAID, THE LIEN MAY BE |
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| 17 | 17 | | FORECLOSED ON. IF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS YOUR |
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| 18 | 18 | | RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD, YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE (NAME OF TAXING UNIT) |
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| 19 | 19 | | REGARDING A RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO ENTER INTO AN INSTALLMENT |
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| 20 | 20 | | AGREEMENT DIRECTLY WITH THE (NAME OF TAXING UNIT) FOR THE PAYMENT OF |
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| 21 | 21 | | THESE TAXES. IF YOU ARE 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR ARE DISABLED, AND |
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| 22 | 22 | | YOU OCCUPY THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT AS YOUR |
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| 23 | 23 | | RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD, YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT |
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| 24 | 24 | | REGARDING ANY ENTITLEMENT YOU MAY HAVE TO A POSTPONEMENT IN THE |
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| 25 | 25 | | PAYMENT OF THESE TAXES." |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 33.04(b), Tax Code, as added by Chapter |
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| 27 | 27 | | 967 (H.B. 1913), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2013, is repealed. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Section 33.045, Tax Code, is repealed. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 31 | 31 | | over another Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, |
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| 32 | 32 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 33 | 33 | | codes. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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