By: Brown S.B. No. 1153
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of personal
1-2 property; providing penalties.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (j), Section 23.12D, Property Tax
1-5 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (j) A person who violates Subsection (g) [(h)] of this
1-7 section commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a
1-8 misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. Each day
1-9 during which a person fails to comply with the terms of Subsection
1-10 (g) [(h)] of this section is a separate violation.
1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.
1-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.