Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3389 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2017

                    85R13248 YDB-F
 By: Schofield H.B. No. 3389


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to fees taxed as costs of suit for certain delinquent tax
 suits.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 33.73, Tax Code, is amended by adding
 Subsection (c) to read as follows:
 (c)  The district clerk shall collect the fees taxed as costs
 of suit and award the fees to the master as required under
 Subsection (b) in each delinquent tax suit for which a master is
 appointed under Section 33.71, regardless of the disposition of the
 suit.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 to a delinquent tax suit for which a master is appointed that is
 filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.