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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the disposition of an ad valorem tax protest by means of | 
      
        |  | an agreed order. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 41.47, Tax Code, is amended by adding | 
      
        |  | Subsection (f) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (f)  The chief appraiser and the property owner or the | 
      
        |  | designated agent of the owner may file a joint motion with the | 
      
        |  | appraisal review board notifying the board that the chief appraiser | 
      
        |  | and the property owner or the designated agent of the owner have | 
      
        |  | agreed to a disposition of the protest and requesting the board to | 
      
        |  | issue an agreed order.  The joint motion must contain the terms of | 
      
        |  | the disposition of the protest.  The chairman of the board shall | 
      
        |  | issue the agreed order not later than the fifth day after the date | 
      
        |  | on which the joint motion is filed with the board.  If the chairman | 
      
        |  | is unable to issue the agreed order within the five-day period, the | 
      
        |  | board shall issue the agreed order not later than the 30th day after | 
      
        |  | the date on which the joint motion is filed with the board.  The | 
      
        |  | chief appraiser and the property owner or the designated agent of | 
      
        |  | the owner may provide in the joint motion that the agreed order is | 
      
        |  | appealable in the same manner as any other order issued by the board | 
      
        |  | under this section. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a protest filed under | 
      
        |  | Chapter 41, Tax Code, on or after the effective date of this Act.  A | 
      
        |  | protest filed under that chapter before the effective date of this | 
      
        |  | Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the protest was | 
      
        |  | filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2531 passed the Senate on | 
      
        |  | April 26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2531 passed the House on | 
      
        |  | May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two | 
      
        |  | present not voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | Approved: | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
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        |  | Governor |