By Hawley                                             H.B. No. 2682

         75R9032 JD-F                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to ad valorem tax sanctions on certain land diverted from

 1-3     agricultural use.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 23.55(f), Tax Code, is amended to read as

 1-6     follows:

 1-7           (f)  The sanctions provided by Subsection (a) of this section

 1-8     do not apply if the change of use occurs as a result of:

 1-9                 (1)  a sale for right-of-way; [or]

1-10                 (2)  a condemnation; or

1-11                 (3)  a transfer of the property to this state or a

1-12     political subdivision of this state to be used for a public

1-13     purpose.

1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-15           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-16     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-17     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-18     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-19     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.