By: Bell of Montgomery, et al. H.B. No. 1060
(Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019;
April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Property Tax; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
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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 or electronic mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.085, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
property owner need not enter into an agreement under this section
to be entitled to electronic delivery of a notice of a protest
hearing under Section 41.46.
SECTION 2. Section 41.46, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsections (d) and (e) 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.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 1.085, the appraisal review
board shall deliver notice of the hearing by electronic mail if, in
the notice of protest under Section 41.44, the property owner
requests delivery by electronic mail and provides a valid
electronic mail address.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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