1-1 By: Madla S.B. No. 1533 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 9, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; 1-6 April 9, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1533 By: Madla 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to 1-11 impose an application fee to be paid in connection with an 1-12 application or request for county ad valorem tax abatement. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Section 312.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding 1-15 Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-16 (e) The guidelines and criteria adopted by the commissioners 1-17 court of a county may include a requirement that an application or 1-18 request for tax abatement submitted to the county under this 1-19 chapter must be accompanied by a reasonable application fee not to 1-20 exceed $1,000. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-22 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-23 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-24 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-25 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-26 * * * * *