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1		-	By: Anderson of Dallas (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) H.B. No. 1186
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
3		-	May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
4		-	May 11, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
5		-	Nays 0; May 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 1186
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem
12	6		taxation by the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District of
13	7		certain property subject to a tax abatement agreement with the
14	8		district and to the validation of certain actions of the district.
15	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	10		SECTION 1. Section 4B, Chapter 628, Acts of the 68th
17	11		Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended by adding
18	12		Subdivision (16) to read as follows:
19	13		(16) If the district enters into a tax abatement
20	14		agreement with the owner of single-family residential property to
21	15		exempt a portion of the taxable value of the property from taxation
22	16		as authorized by Subdivision (7)(B) of this section, the tax
23	17		assessor-collector for the district or a person designated by the
24	18		tax assessor-collector may file an application for the exemption on
25	19		behalf of the property owner with the chief appraiser for the
26	20		appraisal district in which the property is located.
27	21		SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions of
28	22		the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District taken before the
29	23		effective date of this Act are validated, ratified, and confirmed
30	24		in all respects as if the actions had been taken as authorized by
31	25		law.
32	26		(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
33	27		effective date of this Act:
34	28		(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
35	29		ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
36	30		judgment; or
37	31		(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
38	32		SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
39	33		introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
40	34		Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
41	35		copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
42	36		officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
43	37		under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
44	38		Government Code.
45	39		(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
46	40		submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
47	41		Environmental Quality.
48	42		(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
49	43		its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
50	44		lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
51	45		representatives within the required time.
52	46		(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
53	47		state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
54	48		to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
55	49		and accomplished.
56	50		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	51		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	52		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	53		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	54		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	55	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	56	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	57	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1186 was passed by the House on April
	58	+	20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	59	+	voting.
	60	+	______________________________
	61	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	62	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1186 was passed by the Senate on May
	63	+	19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Secretary of the Senate
	66	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	67	+	Date
	68	+	_____________________
	69	+	Governor