By: Buckingham S.B. No. 597
(In the Senate - Filed February 4, 2019; February 21, 2019,
read first time and referred to Committee on Property Tax;
April 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 0; April 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the imposition by an appraisal
district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal district of
a fee in connection with a protest filed with the board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.41, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) An appraisal district or the appraisal review board for
an appraisal district may not require a property owner to pay a fee
in connection with a protest filed by the owner with the board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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