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78R4860 SMH-F

By:  Haggerty                                                     H.B. No. 1003



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain property tax consulting services.                         
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1152.001(6), Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(6)  "Property tax consulting services" means:                                
			(A)  preparing for another person a rendition 
statement or property report under Chapter 22, Tax Code;
			(B)  representing another person in a protest 
under Subchapter C, Chapter 41, Tax Code;
			(C)  consulting or advising another person 
concerning:                     
				(i)  the preparation of a rendition 
statement or property report under Chapter 22, Tax Code;  or
				(ii)  an action the other person may protest 
under Subchapter C, Chapter 41, Tax Code;
			(D)  negotiating or entering into an agreement 
with an appraisal district on behalf of another person concerning 
an action that is or may be the subject of a protest under 
Subchapter C, Chapter 41, Tax Code; [or]
			(E)  acting as the agent of a property owner 
designated in accordance with Section 1.111, Tax Code; or
			(F)  preparing an appraisal report or a report 
regarding equalization issues for another person and testifying 
regarding the report in a hearing or a suit brought under:
				(i)  Section 25.25, Tax Code; or                                     
				(ii)  Chapter 41 or 42, Tax Code.                                    
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.