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  Sections 6.025(d)-(f), Tax Code, are repealed.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.
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