| 1 | 1 | | 89R9366 PRL-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2960 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the continuing education required in order for a person |
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| 10 | 10 | | to renew the person's agreement with the comptroller of public |
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| 11 | 11 | | accounts to serve as an arbitrator in an appeal through binding |
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| 12 | 12 | | arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a |
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| 13 | 13 | | protest. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 41A.061(b), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 16 | 16 | | as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) To renew the person's agreement to serve as an |
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| 18 | 18 | | arbitrator, the person must: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) file a renewal application with the comptroller at |
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| 20 | 20 | | the time and in the manner prescribed by the comptroller; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) continue to meet the requirements provided by |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sections 41A.06(b)(1) and (4); |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) during the preceding two years have completed at |
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| 24 | 24 | | least eight hours of continuing education in arbitration and |
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| 25 | 25 | | alternative dispute resolution procedures: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) offered by a university, college, real estate |
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| 27 | 27 | | trade association, or legal association; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) included in a continuing legal education |
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| 29 | 29 | | course approved by the state bar or the supreme court; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) complete a revised training program on property |
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| 31 | 31 | | tax law for the training and education of arbitrators established |
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| 32 | 32 | | under Section 5.043 not later than the 120th day after the date the |
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| 33 | 33 | | program is available to be taken if the comptroller: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) revises the program after the person is |
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| 35 | 35 | | included in the registry; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) determines that the program is substantially |
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| 37 | 37 | | revised. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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