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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to notice of a public hearing at which the board of |
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| 7 | 9 | | directors of an appraisal district will consider the appraisal |
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| 8 | 10 | | district budget. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 6.062, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 11 | 13 | | subsection (a) and adding subsections (a-1), (d), and (e) to read as |
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| 12 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 15 | | Sec. 6.062. PUBLICATION OF BUDGET. (a) Not later than the |
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| 14 | 16 | | 10th day before the date of the public hearing at which the board of |
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| 15 | 17 | | directors considers the appraisal district budget, the chief |
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| 16 | 18 | | appraiser shall give notice of the public hearing by publishing the |
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| 17 | 19 | | notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the county for |
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| 18 | 20 | | which the appraisal district is established; and either: |
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| 19 | 21 | | (1) on the home page of the: |
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| 20 | 22 | | (A) county appraisal district’s Internet |
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| 21 | 23 | | website, if the county appraisal district maintains an Internet |
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| 22 | 24 | | website; or |
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| 23 | 25 | | (B) county’s Internet website, if the county |
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| 24 | 26 | | maintains an Internet website and the county appraisal district |
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| 25 | 27 | | does not maintain an Internet website; or |
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| 26 | 28 | | (2) on the official social media page for the: |
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| 27 | 29 | | (A) county appraisal district, if the county |
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| 28 | 30 | | appraisal district maintains an official social media page; or |
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| 29 | 31 | | (B) county, if the county maintains an official |
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| 30 | 32 | | social media page and the county appraisal district does not |
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| 31 | 33 | | maintain an official social media page. |
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| 32 | 34 | | (a-1) The notice published under Subdivision(a)(3) may not |
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| 33 | 35 | | be smaller than one-quarter page of a standard-size or tabloid-size |
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| 34 | 36 | | newspaper and may not be published in the part of the paper in which |
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| 35 | 37 | | legal notices and classified advertisements appear. |
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| 36 | 38 | | (d) The chief appraiser shall provide notice of any change |
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| 37 | 39 | | of the location of a public hearing for which notice is provided |
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| 38 | 40 | | under this section in the same manner as the notice required by |
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| 39 | 41 | | Subsection (a). The notice must be provided not later than the 5th |
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| 40 | 42 | | day before the date of the hearing. |
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| 41 | 43 | | (e) This subsection applies only to an appraisal district |
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| 42 | 44 | | established in a county with a population of less than 20,000. |
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| 43 | 45 | | Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (d), a chief appraiser may |
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| 44 | 46 | | publish a notice required by Subsection (a) or (d) solely in an |
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| 45 | 47 | | online newspaper having general circulation in the county with |
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| 46 | 48 | | preference given to an online newspaper primarily owned or operated |
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| 47 | 49 | | by a print newspaper. |
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| 48 | 50 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 49 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 50 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 51 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 52 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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