1-1     By:  Brown                                            S.B. No. 1153

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1997; March 17, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;

 1-4     April 10, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 13,

 1-5     Nays 0; April 10, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to the appraisal and ad valorem taxation of personal

 1-9     property; providing penalties.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsection (j), Section 23.12D, Property Tax

1-12     Code, is amended to read as follows:

1-13           (j)  A person who violates Subsection (g) [(h)] of this

1-14     section commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a

1-15     misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.  Each day

1-16     during which a person fails to comply with the terms of Subsection

1-17     (g) [(h)] of this section is a separate violation.

1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.

1-19           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-20     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-21     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-22     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-23     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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