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. Subsection (j) of Section 23.12D, Property Tax
1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (j) A [person] dealer who violates Subsection [(h)] (g) 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 [person] dealer fails to comply with the terms of
1-11 Subsection [(h)] (g) of this section is a separate violation.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on 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.