S.B. No. 539 AN ACT relating to the manner in which an individual who has elected to defer collection of a tax, abate a suit to collect a delinquent tax, or abate a sale to foreclose a tax lien on the individual's residence homestead is listed on the delinquent tax roll of a taxing unit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 33.03, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 33.03. DELINQUENT TAX ROLL. (a) Each year the collector for each taxing unit shall prepare a current and a cumulative delinquent tax roll for the taxing unit. (b) The collector for a taxing unit shall indicate on each delinquent tax roll for the taxing unit that a delinquent tax included on the roll is deferred or abated under Section 33.06 or 33.065, if applicable. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 539 passed the Senate on April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 539 passed the House on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 10, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor