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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