By Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2226
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2226:
By Craddick C.S.H.B. No. 2226
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the certification by a chief appraiser of certain
1-3 taxable properties not included in the initial appraisal roll for a
1-4 taxing unit.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 26.01, Tax Code, is amended by amending
1-7 Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-8 (d) The chief appraiser shall prepare and certify to the
1-9 assessor for each taxing unit a list of those properties of which
1-10 the chief appraiser has knowledge that are reasonably likely to be
1-11 taxable by that unit but that are not included on the appraisal
1-12 roll certified to the assessor under Subsection (a) or included on
1-13 the listing certified to the assessor under Subsection (c). The
1-14 chief appraiser shall include on the list for each property the
1-15 market value, appraised value, and kind and amount of any partial
1-16 exemptions as determined by the appraisal district for the
1-17 preceding year and a reasonable estimate of the market value,
1-18 appraised value, and kind and amount of any partial exemptions for
1-19 the current year. Until the property is added to the appraisal
1-20 roll, the assessor for the taxing unit shall include each property
1-21 on the list in the calculations prescribed by Sections 26.04 and
1-22 26.041, and for that purpose shall use the lower market value,
1-23 appraised value, or taxable value, as appropriate, included on or
1-24 computed using the information included on the list for the
2-1 property.
2-2 (e) By June 15, the chief appraiser shall prepare and
2-3 certify to the assessor for each school district participating in
2-4 the appraisal district an estimate of the taxable value of school
2-5 district property. The chief appraiser shall assist each school
2-6 district in determining values of school district property for the
2-7 school district's budgetary purposes.
2-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002, and applies
2-9 only to an appraisal roll submitted to the assessor for a taxing
2-10 unit on or after that date.