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.
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