| 1 | 1 | | 84R7503 LEH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1739 |
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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 procedure by which the assessor for a taxing unit is |
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| 8 | 8 | | required to provide certain ad valorem tax-related information to a |
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| 9 | 9 | | property owner or the owner's agent. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.01, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c-3) The assessor for a taxing unit that maintains an |
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| 14 | 14 | | Internet website may post on the website of the taxing unit the |
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| 15 | 15 | | information required by Subsections (c)(11) and (12) and (c-1) to |
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| 16 | 16 | | be included in a tax bill or separate statement instead of including |
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| 17 | 17 | | the information in the tax bill or statement. If the information is |
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| 18 | 18 | | not included in the tax bill or separate statement, the assessor |
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| 19 | 19 | | must include in the tax bill or statement the address of the taxing |
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| 20 | 20 | | unit's Internet website where the information may be viewed. On |
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| 21 | 21 | | written request of a property owner or an authorized agent of a |
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| 22 | 22 | | property owner, an assessor for a taxing unit who posts information |
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| 23 | 23 | | described by this subsection on the taxing unit's Internet website |
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| 24 | 24 | | must deliver the information as it relates to the owner's property |
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| 25 | 25 | | by mail to the owner or agent. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 27 | 27 | | to a tax bill mailed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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| 28 | 28 | | tax bill mailed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 29 | 29 | | the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is |
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| 30 | 30 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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