By Lewis of Tarrant                                   H.B. No. 1766
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the appraisal of certain property conveyed in trust to
 1-3     a county bail bond board.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 6(d), Chapter 550, Acts of the 63rd
 1-6     Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 2372p-3, Vernon's Texas
 1-7     Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (d)  Prior to a hearing on the application, the board or its
 1-9     authorized representative shall conduct necessary inquiries to
1-10     determine whether the applicant possesses the financial
1-11     responsibility and meets other requirements of this Act.  The board
1-12     may obtain an independent appraisal of real estate listed by the
1-13     applicant under Subsection (a)(4) of this section or use the
1-14     current market value of the property according to the most recent
1-15     certified county appraisal roll as the board determines necessary
1-16     to determine the value of the property.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-18     applies only to an application for a license made on or after that
1-19     date.  A license application made before the effective date of this
1-20     Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application
1-21     was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-22     purpose.
1-23           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-24     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-1     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-2     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-3     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.