By Heflin                                             H.B. No. 3305

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of certain

 1-3     personal property.

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

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 23.12D(j), Tax Code, is amended to read

 1-6     as follows:

 1-7           (j)  A dealer [person] who violates Subsection (g) [(h)] of

 1-8     this section commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection

 1-9     is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.  Each day

1-10     during which a dealer [person] fails to comply with the terms of

1-11     Subsection (g) [(h)] of this section is a separate violation.

1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.

1-13           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-14     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-15     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-16     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-17     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.