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| 1 | 1 | 84R9942 LEH-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Oliveira H.B. No. 3284 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to venue for the appeal of a judgment of a district court | |
| 8 | 8 | determining an ad valorem tax appeal. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 42.28, Tax Code, is amended to read as | |
| 11 | 11 | follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 42.28. APPEAL OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT. (a) Except | |
| 13 | 13 | as provided by Subsection (b), a [A] party may appeal the final | |
| 14 | 14 | judgment of the district court as provided by law for appeal of | |
| 15 | 15 | civil suits generally, except that an appeal bond is not required of | |
| 16 | 16 | the chief appraiser, the county, the comptroller, or the | |
| 17 | 17 | commissioners court. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) An appeal under this section shall be brought in the | |
| 19 | 19 | Court of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | |
| 21 | 21 | 42.28, Tax Code, applies only to an appeal filed under Chapter 42, | |
| 22 | 22 | Tax Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An appeal | |
| 23 | 23 | filed under Chapter 42, Tax Code, before the effective date of this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act is governed by the law in effect when the appeal was filed, and | |
| 25 | 25 | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |