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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the manner in which an individual who has elected to | 
         
            |  | defer collection of a tax, abate a suit to collect a delinquent tax, | 
         
            |  | or abate a sale to foreclose a tax lien on the individual's | 
         
            |  | residence homestead is listed on the delinquent tax roll of a taxing | 
         
            |  | unit. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 33.03, Tax Code, is amended to read as | 
         
            |  | follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 33.03.  DELINQUENT TAX ROLL.  (a)  Each year the | 
         
            |  | collector for each taxing unit shall prepare a current and a | 
         
            |  | cumulative delinquent tax roll for the taxing unit. | 
         
            |  | (b)  The collector for a taxing unit shall indicate on each | 
         
            |  | delinquent tax roll for the taxing unit that a delinquent tax | 
         
            |  | included on the roll is deferred or abated under Section 33.06 or | 
         
            |  | 33.065, if applicable. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2024. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 539 passed the Senate on | 
         
            |  | April 20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 539 passed the House on | 
         
            |  | May 19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 10, 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 |