By Hilbert H.B. No. 3616 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to amending a petition for judicial review of certain ad 1-3 valorem tax determinations. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 42.21, Tax Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) A petition that is timely filed under Subsection (a) or 1-8 amended under Subsection (c) may be subsequently amended without 1-9 limitation for any reason, including: 1-10 (1) the correction or change of a named party; 1-11 (2) the identification or description of the property 1-12 involved in the appeal; and 1-13 (3) the addition of any valid cause of action or claim 1-14 for relief. 1-15 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section 1-16 42.21, Tax Code, apply to any proceeding that is pending under 1-17 Chapter 42 of that code on the effective date of this Act or 1-18 initiated on or after that date. 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 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.