By: Troxclair H.B. No. 4555
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limited binding arbitration to compel compliance with
procedural requirements related to protests before appraisal
review boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41A.015(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) A property owner may not file a request for limited
binding arbitration under this section unless:
(1) the property owner has delivered written notice to
the chairman of the appraisal review board, the chief appraiser,
and the taxpayer liaison officer for the applicable appraisal
district by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the
procedural requirement with which the property owner alleges the
appraisal review board or chief appraiser failed to comply on or
before the fifteenth [fifth] business day after the date the
appraisal review board or chief appraiser was required to comply
with the requirement; and
(2) the chairman of the appraisal review board or
chief appraiser, as applicable, fails to deliver to the property
owner on or before the 10th day after the date the notice is
delivered a written statement confirming that the appraisal review
board or chief appraiser, as applicable, will comply with the
requirement or cure a failure to comply with the requirement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.