1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of an attorney appointed by a court as a
 1-3     master in chancery for a delinquent ad valorem tax suit to practice
 1-4     law in that court.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 33.71, Tax Code, is amended by adding
 1-7     Subsection (h) to read as follows:
 1-8           (h)  Notwithstanding any other law or requirement, an
 1-9     attorney appointed a master under this section may practice law in
1-10     the referring court if otherwise qualified to do so.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-12     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-13     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-14     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-15     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1876 was passed by the House on April
         10, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1876 was passed by the Senate on May
         10, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor