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AN ACT
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relating to the right to a new hearing before an appraisal review |
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board following a failure to attend a hearing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (e-1), Section 41.45, Tax Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e-1) A property owner or a person [who has not] designated |
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by the property owner as the owner's [an] agent [under Section
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1.111] to represent the owner at the hearing [and] who fails to |
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appear at the hearing is entitled to a new hearing if the property |
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owner or the owner's agent files, not later than the fourth day |
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after the date the hearing occurred, a written statement with the |
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appraisal review board showing good cause for the failure to appear |
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and requesting a new hearing. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a protest under Chapter 41, Tax Code, that is filed on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A protest under Chapter 41, Tax |
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Code, that was filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the protest was filed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1546 passed the Senate on |
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May 4, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2011, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1546 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |