84R9592 LEH-F
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 884
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline for certain taxing units to provide notice
of the unit's proposed property tax rate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 140.010(f), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A county or municipality shall:
(1) provide the notice required by Subsection (d) or
(e), as applicable, by the earlier of October [not later than
September] 1 or the 30th day after the date the taxing unit's
appraisal roll is certified by:
(A) publishing the notice in a newspaper having
general circulation in:
(i) the county, in the case of notice
published by a county; or
(ii) the county in which the municipality
is located or primarily located, in the case of notice published by
a municipality; or
(B) mailing the notice to each property owner in:
(i) the county, in the case of notice
provided by a county; or
(ii) the municipality, in the case of
notice provided by a municipality; and
(2) post the notice on the Internet website of the
county or municipality, if applicable, beginning by the earlier of
October [not later than September] 1 or the 30th day after the date
the taxing unit's appraisal roll is certified and continuing until
the county or municipality adopts a tax rate.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
140.010(f), Local Government Code, apply only to notice of a
proposed property tax rate for a tax year beginning on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.