By Keffer                                             H.B. No. 1341
         77R4119 JD-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the amendment of a petition for review in an ad valorem
 1-3     tax appeal.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 42.21(e), Tax Code, is amended to read as
 1-6     follows:
 1-7           (e)  A petition that is timely filed under Subsection (a) or
 1-8     amended under Subsection (c) may be subsequently amended to:
 1-9                 (1)  correct, [or] change, or add the name of a party;
1-10     [or]
1-11                 (2)  not later than the 120th day before the date of
1-12     trial, identify or describe the property originally involved in the
1-13     appeal; or
1-14                 (3)  include any additional claim, including a claim
1-15     that was not previously raised as a ground for protest under
1-16     Chapter 41.
1-17           SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
1-18     42.21(e), Tax Code, apply to a proceeding under Chapter 42, Tax
1-19     Code, that is pending on the effective date of this Act or that is
1-20     brought on or after that date.
1-21           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-1     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.