Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1407	House Author:  Geren
Effective:  9-1-09	Senate Sponsor:  Davis, Wendy

            House Bill 1407 amends the Tax Code to revise the affidavit a former property owner must make to redeem the property after losing it in a tax sale to include a statement that the period in which the owner's right of redemption must be exercised has not expired.  The bill requires an assessor-collector who receives such an affidavit to accept that the assertions set out in the affidavit are true and correct, and it specifies that an assessor-collector is not liable to any person for performing the assessor-collector's duties under law in reliance on the assertions contained in an affidavit.