85R2807 SMT-D
By: Bell H.B. No. 139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice
of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered
by certified mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.46, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The appraisal review board shall deliver notice of the
hearing by certified mail if, in the notice of protest under Section
41.44, the property owner requests delivery by certified mail. The
board may require the property owner to pay the cost of postage
under this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.