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| 2 | 2 | | By: Krause H.B. No. 1882 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a request for binding arbitration to appeal appraisal |
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| 8 | 8 | | review board orders involving two or more contiguous tracts of |
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| 9 | 9 | | land. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 41A.03(a-1), Tax Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-1) If a property owner requests binding arbitration |
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| 14 | 14 | | under this chapter to appeal appraisal review board orders |
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| 15 | 15 | | involving two or more tracts of land that are contiguous to one |
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| 16 | 16 | | another, a single arbitration deposit in the amount provided by |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subsection (a)(2) is sufficient to satisfy the requirement of |
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| 18 | 18 | | Subsection (a)(2). For purposes of this subsection, tracts of land |
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| 19 | 19 | | may not be considered to be noncontiguous on the basis of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | classifications of the tracts of land, provided that the tracts of |
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| 21 | 21 | | land constitute the same economic unit. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 23 | 23 | | a request for binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that |
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| 24 | 24 | | is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for |
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| 25 | 25 | | binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that is filed |
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| 26 | 26 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 27 | 27 | | effect on the date the request is filed, and the former law is |
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| 28 | 28 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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