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| 1 | 1 | 86R1270 SMT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Buckingham S.J.R. No. 36 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an appraisal | |
| 7 | 7 | district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal district | |
| 8 | 8 | from requiring a property owner to pay a fee in connection with a | |
| 9 | 9 | protest filed by the owner with the board. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 18, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c-1) An appraisal entity or the board of equalization for | |
| 14 | 14 | an appraisal entity may not require a property owner to pay a fee in | |
| 15 | 15 | connection with a protest filed by the owner with the board of an | |
| 16 | 16 | action that the Legislature by general law authorizes to be the | |
| 17 | 17 | subject of a protest. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 19 | 19 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | |
| 20 | 20 | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | |
| 21 | 21 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to prohibit an | |
| 22 | 22 | appraisal district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal | |
| 23 | 23 | district from requiring a property owner to pay a fee in connection | |
| 24 | 24 | with a protest filed by the owner with the board. |