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Texas Senate Bill SB2073 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2073
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2025; March 24, 2025, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
	4	+	April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
	5	+	Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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6	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	12		AN ACT
8	13		relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase,
9	14		finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or
10	15		finance the construction of improvements to real property.
11	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	17		SECTION 1. Sections 6.051(a) and (b), Tax Code, are amended
13	18		to read as follows:
14	19		(a) The board of directors of an appraisal district may
15	20		purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property and may
16	21		construct or finance the construction of improvements as necessary
17	22		to establish and operate the appraisal office or a branch appraisal
18	23		office.
19	24		(b) The acquisition or conveyance of real property or the
20	25		construction or renovation of a building or other improvement by an
21	26		appraisal district must be approved by the governing bodies of
22	27		three-fourths of the taxing units entitled to vote on the
23	28		appointment of board members. This subsection does not require
24	29		approval by the taxing units of the financing of the acquisition of
25	30		real property or the financing of the construction or renovation of
26	31		a building or other improvement. The board of directors by
27	32		resolution may propose a property transaction or other action for
28	33		which this subsection requires approval of the taxing units. The
29	34		chief appraiser shall notify the presiding officer of each
30	35		governing body entitled to vote on the approval of the proposal by
31	36		delivering a copy of the board's resolution, together with
32	37		information showing the costs of other available alternatives to
33	38		the proposal. On or before the 30th day after the date the
34	39		presiding officer receives notice of the proposal, the governing
35	40		body of a taxing unit by resolution may approve or disapprove the
36	41		proposal. If a governing body fails to act on or before that 30th
37	42		day or fails to file its resolution with the chief appraiser on or
38	43		before the 10th day after that 30th day, the proposal is treated as
39	44		if it were approved [disapproved] by the governing body.
40	45		SECTION 2. Section 6.051(b), Tax Code, as amended by this
41	46		Act, applies only to a proposed property transaction or other
42	47		action for which a chief appraiser sends notification under that
43	48		subsection on or after the effective date of this Act. A proposed
44	49		property transaction or other action for which notification is sent
45	50		before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
46	51		effect on the date the notification was sent, and the former law is
47	52		continued in effect for that purpose.
48	53		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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