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         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.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 23.12D(j), Property Tax Code, is amended

 1-5     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.