1-1     By:  Gray (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)                  H.B. No. 1876
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2001;
 1-3     April 17, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the authority of an attorney appointed by a court as a
 1-9     master in chancery for a delinquent ad valorem tax suit to practice
1-10     law in that court.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Section 33.71, Tax Code, is amended by adding
1-13     Subsection (h) to read as follows:
1-14           (h)  Notwithstanding any other law or requirement, an
1-15     attorney appointed a master under this section may practice law in
1-16     the referring court if otherwise qualified to do so.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-20     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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