H.B. No. 533
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to ad valorem tax sales of personal property seized under a
  tax warrant.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 33.25(a) and (b), Tax Code, are amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  After a seizure of personal property, the collector
  shall make a reasonable inquiry to determine the identity and to
  ascertain the address of any person having an interest in the
  property other than the person against whom the tax warrant is
  issued. The collector shall provide in writing the name and address
  of each other person the collector identifies as having an interest
  in the property to the peace officer charged with executing the
  warrant. The peace officer shall deliver as soon as possible a
  written notice stating the time and place of the sale and briefly
  describing the property seized to the person against whom the
  warrant is issued and to any other person having an interest in the
  property whose name and address the collector provided to the peace
  officer. The posting of the notice and the sale of the property
  shall be conducted:
               (1)  [in a county other than a county to which
  Subdivision (2) applies, by the peace officer in the manner
  required for the sale under execution of personal property; or
               [(2) in a county having a population of three million or
  more:
                     [(A)] by the peace officer or collector, as
  specified in the warrant, in the manner required for the sale under
  execution of personal property; or
               (2) [(B)]  under an agreement authorized by Subsection
  (b).
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county [having a population
  of three million or more] by official action may authorize a peace
  officer or the collector for the county charged with selling
  property under this subchapter by public auction to enter into an
  agreement with a person who holds an auctioneer's license to
  advertise the auction sale of the property and to conduct the
  auction sale of the property. The agreement may provide for on-line
  bidding and sale.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an ad valorem tax sale of personal property seized under a tax
  warrant issued on or after the effective date of this Act. An ad
  valorem tax sale of personal property seized under a tax warrant
  issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
  that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 533 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 533 was passed by the Senate on May
  10, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor