By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 2352

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 10, 2007; April 11, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; April 30, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 30, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2352 By: Hinojosa

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a registered property tax consultant.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1152.152(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A registered property tax consultant may not perform property tax consulting services for compensation unless the person is employed by or associated with and acting for:

(1) a registered senior property tax consultant; or

(2) an attorney who is licensed to practice law in this state and who has successfully completed the senior property tax consultant registration examination required under Section 1152.160.

SECTION 2. Section 1152.160, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) An attorney who is licensed to practice law in this state may take the senior property tax consultant registration examination under this section without completing any other eligibility requirements for registration as a senior property tax consultant under this chapter.

SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 1152, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 1152.163 to read as follows:

Sec. 1152.163. PROHIBITED ACTS. A person required to hold a certificate of registration under this chapter to act as a property tax consultant may not undertake a representation that pertains in any way to legal issues or make any representations pertaining to or interpreting the law to a client, appraisal district, appraisal review board, or tax office unless that person is also licensed to practice law in this state.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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