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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the right of the clerk of a court to deduct from the | 
         
            |  | amount of the excess proceeds from an ad valorem tax sale of | 
         
            |  | property the cost of postage for sending to the former owner of the | 
         
            |  | property a notice of the owner's right to claim the proceeds. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 34.03, Tax Code, is amended by adding | 
         
            |  | Subsection (d) to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (d)  The clerk may deduct from the amount of the excess | 
         
            |  | proceeds the cost of postage for sending to the former owner of the | 
         
            |  | property a notice under Subsection (a)(1). | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 4250 was passed by the House on May | 
         
            |  | 12, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 124, Nays 11, 3 present, not | 
         
            |  | voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 4250 was passed by the Senate on May | 
         
            |  | 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
            |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
         
            |  | Date | 
         
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            |  | Governor |