1 | 1 | | 86R12400 SMT-D |
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2 | 2 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1703 |
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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 the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit to |
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8 | 8 | | waive penalties and interest on the delinquent ad valorem taxes of |
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9 | 9 | | certain federal employees if the delinquency is the result of a |
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10 | 10 | | federal government shutdown. |
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11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 33.011, Tax Code, is amended by amending |
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13 | 13 | | Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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14 | 14 | | (d) A request for a waiver of penalties and interest under |
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15 | 15 | | Subsection (a)(1) or (3), (b), (h), [or] (j), or (k) must be made |
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16 | 16 | | before the 181st day after the delinquency date. A request for a |
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17 | 17 | | waiver of penalties and interest under Subsection (a)(2) must be |
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18 | 18 | | made before the first anniversary of the date the religious |
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19 | 19 | | organization acquires the property. A request for a waiver of |
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20 | 20 | | penalties and interest under Subsection (i) must be made before the |
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21 | 21 | | 181st day after the date the property owner making the request |
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22 | 22 | | receives notice of the delinquent tax that satisfies the |
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23 | 23 | | requirements of Section 33.04(c). To be valid, a waiver of |
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24 | 24 | | penalties or interest under this section must be requested in |
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25 | 25 | | writing. If a written request for a waiver is not timely made, the |
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26 | 26 | | governing body of a taxing unit may not waive any penalties or |
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27 | 27 | | interest under this section. |
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28 | 28 | | (k) The governing body of a taxing unit may waive penalties |
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29 | 29 | | and interest on a delinquent tax if the taxpayer submits evidence |
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30 | 30 | | showing that at any time during the period beginning on the date of |
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31 | 31 | | receipt of the tax bill and ending on the delinquency date, the |
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32 | 32 | | taxpayer was a federal employee who was: |
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33 | 33 | | (1) considered nonessential or otherwise furloughed |
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34 | 34 | | during a federal government shutdown; or |
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35 | 35 | | (2) working without pay during a federal government |
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36 | 36 | | shutdown as a result of being considered essential or otherwise |
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37 | 37 | | excepted from a furlough. |
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38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to penalties and interest |
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39 | 39 | | on an ad valorem tax that becomes delinquent on or after the |
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40 | 40 | | effective date of this Act. |
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41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |
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