By Smithee H.B. No. 2832 77R6334 JD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring tax collectors to notify taxpayers of certain 1-3 overpayments of ad valorem taxes. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 31.11, Tax Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (g) If a taxpayer submits a payment of taxes that exceeds by 1-8 $5 or more the amount of taxes owed for a tax year to a taxing 1-9 unit, the collector for the taxing unit, without charge, shall mail 1-10 to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative a written notice 1-11 of the amount of the overpayment accompanied by a refund 1-12 application form. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002, and 1-14 applies only to ad valorem taxes imposed in a tax year that begins 1-15 on or after that date.