By Keffer                                             H.B. No. 1392
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to applications for ad valorem tax exemptions for certain
 1-3     community housing development organizations.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 11.43(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as
 1-6     follows:
 1-7           (c)  An exemption provided by Section 11.13, 11.17, 11.18,
 1-8     11.182, 11.183, 11.19, 11.20, 11.21, 11.22, 11.23(j), 11.29, 11.30,
 1-9     or 11.31 [of this code], once allowed, need not be claimed in
1-10     subsequent years, and except as otherwise provided by Subsection
1-11     (e) [of this section], the exemption applies to the property until
1-12     it changes ownership or the person's qualification for the
1-13     exemption changes.  However, the chief appraiser may require a
1-14     person allowed one of the exemptions in a prior year to file a new
1-15     application to confirm the person's current qualification for the
1-16     exemption by delivering a written notice that a new application is
1-17     required, accompanied by an appropriate application form, to the
1-18     person previously allowed the exemption.
1-19           SECTION 2.  Section 11.182(c), Tax Code, is repealed.
1-20           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002.