84R9609 CJC-F
By: Parker H.B. No. 3013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the mediation and settlement of certain disputes
relating to ad valorem taxation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Tax Code, is amended by adding Section
1.16 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.16. AUTHORITY TO MEDIATE AND SETTLE CERTAIN
DISPUTES. (a) The governing body of a taxing unit that is a party
to a matter before a court may designate a representative to attend
mediation ordered by the court if the matter before the court is:
(1) a delinquent tax suit under Chapter 33; or
(2) the judicial review of an appraisal review board
order under Chapter 42.
(b) The representative designated under Subsection (a) may
negotiate the settlement of a matter described by that subsection
on behalf of the taxing unit. The settlement proposal is not final
or enforceable unless the proposal is approved by the governing
body of the taxing unit that designated the representative.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an order to mediate entered in a delinquent tax suit under
Chapter 33, Tax Code, or an order to mediate entered in the judicial
review of an appraisal review board order under Chapter 42, Tax
Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An order to
mediate entered before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect at the time the order was entered, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.