82R12179 CJC-F

By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 872

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 872:

By: Hilderbran C.S.H.B. No. 872

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the right of a person exempt from registration as a property tax consultant who files a protest with the appraisal review board on behalf of a property owner to receive notices from the board regarding the property subject to the protest.

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

SECTION 1. Section 1.111(j), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:

(j) An individual exempt from registration as a property tax consultant under Section 1152.002, Occupations Code, who is not supervised, directed, or compensated by a person required to register as a property tax consultant under that section and who files a protest with the appraisal review board on behalf of the property owner is entitled to receive all notices from the appraisal district and appraisal review board regarding the property subject to the protest until the authority is revoked by the property owner as provided by this section. If the property owner has not designated the individual under Subsection (f) of this section or Section 1.11 as the person to whom all notices, tax bills, orders, and other communications relating to the owner's property or taxes are to be delivered, the individual shall include with the protest a written statement that includes:

(1) the individual's name and address;

(2) a statement that the individual is acting on the property owner's behalf; and

(3) the basis for the individual's exemption from registration under Section 1152.002, Occupations Code.

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, 2011.