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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to a prohibition on the imposition by an appraisal |
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| 8 | 7 | | district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal district of |
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| 9 | 8 | | a fee in connection with a protest filed with the board. |
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| 10 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 41.41, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 12 | 11 | | Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 12 | | (c) An appraisal district or the appraisal review board for |
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| 14 | 13 | | an appraisal district may not require a property owner to pay a fee |
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| 15 | 14 | | in connection with a protest filed by the owner with the board. |
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| 16 | 15 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 17 | 16 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 18 | 17 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 19 | 18 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 20 | 19 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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