84R9942 LEH-F
By: Oliveira H.B. No. 3284
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to venue for the appeal of a judgment of a district court
determining an ad valorem tax appeal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.28, Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 42.28. APPEAL OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT. (a) Except
as provided by Subsection (b), a [A] party may appeal the final
judgment of the district court as provided by law for appeal of
civil suits generally, except that an appeal bond is not required of
the chief appraiser, the county, the comptroller, or the
commissioners court.
(b) An appeal under this section shall be brought in the
Court of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
42.28, Tax Code, applies only to an appeal filed under Chapter 42,
Tax Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An appeal
filed under Chapter 42, Tax Code, before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect when the appeal was filed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.