| 1 | 1 | | 84R9609 CJC-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Parker H.B. No. 3013 |
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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 the mediation and settlement of certain disputes |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to ad valorem taxation. |
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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. Chapter 1, Tax Code, is amended by adding Section |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.16 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 1.16. AUTHORITY TO MEDIATE AND SETTLE CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 13 | | DISPUTES. (a) The governing body of a taxing unit that is a party |
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| 14 | 14 | | to a matter before a court may designate a representative to attend |
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| 15 | 15 | | mediation ordered by the court if the matter before the court is: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a delinquent tax suit under Chapter 33; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) the judicial review of an appraisal review board |
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| 18 | 18 | | order under Chapter 42. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The representative designated under Subsection (a) may |
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| 20 | 20 | | negotiate the settlement of a matter described by that subsection |
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| 21 | 21 | | on behalf of the taxing unit. The settlement proposal is not final |
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| 22 | 22 | | or enforceable unless the proposal is approved by the governing |
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| 23 | 23 | | body of the taxing unit that designated the representative. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 25 | 25 | | to an order to mediate entered in a delinquent tax suit under |
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| 26 | 26 | | Chapter 33, Tax Code, or an order to mediate entered in the judicial |
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| 27 | 27 | | review of an appraisal review board order under Chapter 42, Tax |
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| 28 | 28 | | Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An order to |
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| 29 | 29 | | mediate entered before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 30 | 30 | | the law in effect at the time the order was entered, and the former |
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| 31 | 31 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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