By: Farrar, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 871
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2009;
  May 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 2009, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 25, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the method of mailing notice a municipal management
  district may use to notify a property owner about a scheduled
  hearing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 375.115(c), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Written notice containing the information required by
  Subsection (b) shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt
  requested, or by another method determined by the board to provide
  adequate proof that the notice was timely mailed, not later than the
  30th day before the date of the hearing. The notice shall be mailed
  to each property owner in the district who will be subject to
  assessment at the current address of the property to be assessed as
  reflected on the tax rolls.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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