| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 62 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to posting certain documents and information related to |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain real property sales on a county's Internet website. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.002(f-1), Property Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 9 | | to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (f-1) A [If a county maintains an Internet website, the] |
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| 11 | 11 | | county shall prominently [must] post a notice of sale filed with the |
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| 12 | 12 | | county clerk under Subsection (b)(2) on the county's Internet |
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| 13 | 13 | | website on a page where the county posts other auction information |
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| 14 | 14 | | and that is publicly available for viewing without charge or |
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| 15 | 15 | | registration. Along with each notice of sale posted under this |
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| 16 | 16 | | subsection, the county must post the date, time, and location of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | sale on the same website page on which the notice is posted. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 34.015, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 19 | 19 | | Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c-1) The county assessor-collector for each county shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | post on the county's Internet website the form a person must use in |
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| 22 | 22 | | that county to request a statement under Subsection (c), except |
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| 23 | 23 | | that if the county assessor-collector permits a person to use a form |
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| 24 | 24 | | prescribed by the comptroller for that purpose, the county |
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| 25 | 25 | | assessor-collector may post a link to the location on the |
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| 26 | 26 | | comptroller's Internet website where the form may be viewed instead |
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| 27 | 27 | | of posting the form. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | 31 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 62 passed the Senate on |
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| 32 | 32 | | April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | 35 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 62 passed the House on |
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| 36 | 36 | | May 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, |
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| 37 | 37 | | one present not voting. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | Approved: |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Date |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Governor |
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