Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1876
	1	+	By: Fallon, et al. S.B. No. 1876
	2	+	(Krause)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to a request for binding arbitration to appeal appraisal
6	8		review board orders involving two or more contiguous tracts of
7	9		land.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 41A.03(a-1), Tax Code, is amended to
10	12		read as follows:
11	13		(a-1) If a property owner requests binding arbitration
12	14		under this chapter to appeal appraisal review board orders
13		-	involving two or more contiguous tracts of land that are owned by
14		-	the property owner [contiguous to one another], a single
15		-	arbitration deposit in the amount provided by Subsection (a)(2) is
16		-	sufficient to satisfy the requirement of Subsection (a)(2). For
17		-	purposes of this subsection, "contiguous tracts of land" means
18		-	improved or unimproved tracts of land that are touching or that
19		-	share a common boundary, as determined using appraisal district
20		-	records or legal descriptions of the tracts.
	15	+	involving two or more tracts of land that are contiguous to one
	16	+	another, a single arbitration deposit in the amount provided by
	17	+	Subsection (a)(2) is sufficient to satisfy the requirement of
	18	+	Subsection (a)(2). For purposes of this subsection, tracts of land
	19	+	may not be considered to be noncontiguous on the basis of the
	20	+	classifications of the tracts of land, provided that the tracts of
	21	+	land constitute the same economic unit.
21	22		SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
22	23		a request for binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that
23	24		is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for
24	25		binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that is filed
25	26		before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
26	27		effect on the date the request is filed, and the former law is
27	28		continued in effect for that purpose.
28		-	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
29		-	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
30		-	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
31		-	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
32		-	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
33		-	______________________________ ______________________________
34		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
35		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1876 passed the Senate on
36		-	May 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
37		-	Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the
38		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
39		-	______________________________
40		-	Secretary of the Senate
41		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1876 passed the House, with
42		-	amendment, on May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
43		-	Nays 0, two present not voting.
44		-	______________________________
45		-	Chief Clerk of the House
46		-	Approved:
47		-	______________________________
48		-	Date
49		-	______________________________
50		-	Governor
	29	+	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.