S.B. No. 1876
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a request for binding arbitration to appeal appraisal
  review board orders involving two or more contiguous tracts of
  land.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 41A.03(a-1), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a-1)  If a property owner requests binding arbitration
  under this chapter to appeal appraisal review board orders
  involving two or more contiguous tracts of land that are owned by
  the property owner [contiguous to one another], a single
  arbitration deposit in the amount provided by Subsection (a)(2) is
  sufficient to satisfy the requirement of Subsection (a)(2). For
  purposes of this subsection, "contiguous tracts of land" means
  improved or unimproved tracts of land that are touching or that
  share a common boundary, as determined using appraisal district
  records or legal descriptions of the tracts.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a request for binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that
  is filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A request for
  binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that is filed
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the request is filed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1876 passed the Senate on
  May 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
  Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1876 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor