86R1270 SMT-D
By: Lucio S.J.R. No. 63
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit an appraisal
district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal district
from requiring a property owner to pay a fee in connection with a
protest filed by the owner with the board.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 18, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) An appraisal entity or the board of equalization for
an appraisal entity may not require a property owner to pay a fee in
connection with a protest filed by the owner with the board of an
action that the Legislature by general law authorizes to be the
subject of a protest.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to prohibit an
appraisal district or the appraisal review board for an appraisal
district from requiring a property owner to pay a fee in connection
with a protest filed by the owner with the board.