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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the due dates for split payment of ad valorem taxes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The governing body of a taxing unit that collects its |
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own taxes may provide, in the manner required by law for official |
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action by the body, that a person who pays one-half of the unit's |
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taxes on or before December 31 [1] may pay the remaining one-half of |
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the taxes without penalty or interest before July 1 of the following |
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year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |