77R11508 JD-D By Villarreal H.B. No. 2782 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2782: By McCall C.S.H.B. No. 2782 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to 1-3 impose an application fee to be paid in connection with an 1-4 application or request for county ad valorem tax abatement. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 312.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding 1-7 Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-8 (e) The guidelines and criteria adopted by the commissioners 1-9 court of a county may include a requirement that an application or 1-10 request for tax abatement submitted to the county under this 1-11 chapter must be accompanied by a reasonable application fee not to 1-12 exceed $1,000. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.