1-1 By: Junell, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1037 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 1999; 1-3 April 15, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; April 29, 1999, reported favorably, as 1-5 amended, by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 29, 1999, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Nixon 1-8 1. Amend House Bill No. 1037, engrossed version, as follows: 1-9 On page 1, lines 24-26, after the word "value." strike 1-10 "Property appraised by more than one appraisal district shall be 1-11 valued at the lowest appraised value set by the appraisal districts 1-12 for that property." 1-13 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-14 AN ACT 1-15 relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of property 1-16 located in more than one appraisal district. 1-17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-18 SECTION 1. Section 6.025(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as 1-19 follows: 1-20 (c) The chief appraisers of appraisal districts described by 1-21 Subsection (a) shall to the extent practicable coordinate their 1-22 appraisal activities so as to encourage and facilitate the 1-23 appraisal of the same property appraised by each district at the 1-24 same value. Property appraised by more than one appraisal district 1-25 shall be valued at the lowest appraised value set by the appraisal 1-26 districts for that property. 1-27 SECTION 2. Sections 6.025(d)-(f), Tax Code, are repealed. 1-28 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2000, and 1-29 applies only to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of 1-30 property for a tax year that begins on or after that date. 1-31 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-32 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-33 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-34 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-35 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-36 * * * * *