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H.B. No. 2147
AN ACT
relating to the filing of a late application for a residence
homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.431(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) The chief appraiser shall accept and approve or deny an
application for a residence homestead exemption after the deadline
for filing it has passed if it is filed not later than one year after
the delinquency date for the taxes on the homestead [were paid or
became delinquent, whichever is earlier].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2147 was passed by the House on May 6,
2003, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2147 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor