| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad |
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| 8 | 6 | | valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of |
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| 9 | 7 | | online auctions. |
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| 10 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 34.01, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 12 | 10 | | Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (r) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 11 | | (a-1) The commissioners court of a county by official action |
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| 14 | 12 | | may authorize the officer charged with selling property under this |
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| 15 | 13 | | section to conduct a public auction using online bidding and sale. |
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| 16 | 14 | | The commissioners court may adopt rules governing online auctions |
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| 17 | 15 | | authorized under this subsection. Rules adopted by the |
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| 18 | 16 | | commissioners court under this subsection take effect on the 90th |
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| 19 | 17 | | day after the date the rules are published in the real property |
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| 20 | 18 | | records of the county. |
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| 21 | 19 | | (r) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and this |
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| 22 | 20 | | subsection, a sale of real property under this section must take |
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| 23 | 21 | | place at the county courthouse in the county in which the land is |
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| 24 | 22 | | located. The commissioners court of the county may designate an |
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| 25 | 23 | | area other than an area at the county courthouse where sales under |
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| 26 | 24 | | this section will take place that is in a public place within a |
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| 27 | 25 | | reasonable proximity of the county courthouse as determined by the |
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| 28 | 26 | | commissioners court and in a location as accessible to the public as |
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| 29 | 27 | | the courthouse door. The commissioners court shall record that |
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| 30 | 28 | | designation in the real property records of the county. A |
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| 31 | 29 | | designation by a commissioners court under this section is not a |
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| 32 | 30 | | ground for challenging or invalidating any sale. A sale must be |
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| 33 | 31 | | held at an area designated under this subsection if the sale is held |
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| 34 | 32 | | on or after the 90th day after the date the designation is recorded. |
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| 35 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 38 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 39 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 40 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1452 passed the Senate on |
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| 41 | + | April 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 42 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 44 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1452 passed the House on |
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| 45 | + | April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, one |
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| 46 | + | present not voting. |
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| 47 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 49 | + | Approved: |
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| 50 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | + | Date |
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| 52 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | + | Governor |
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