82R2968 TJB-F
 
  By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 2221
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of an administrative law judge of the
  State Office of Administrative Hearings to award attorney's fees in
  an appeal of an appraisal review board order determining a protest.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2003.912(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The determination:
               (1)  must include a determination of the appraised or
  market value, as applicable, of the property that is the subject of
  the appeal;
               (2)  must contain a brief analysis of the
  administrative law judge's rationale for and set out the key
  findings in support of the determination but is not required to
  contain a detailed discussion of the evidence admitted or the
  contentions of the parties;
               (3)  may include any remedy or relief a court may order
  under Chapter 42, Tax Code, in an appeal relating to the appraised
  or market value of property, including [other than] an award of
  reasonable attorney's fees in an amount that does not exceed the
  amount specified by [under] Section 42.29, Tax Code; and
               (4)  shall specify whether the appraisal district or
  the property owner is required to pay the costs of the hearing and
  the amount of those costs.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an
  appeal under Subchapter Z, Chapter 2003, Government Code, that is
  pending on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or
  after that date.
         SECTION 3.  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.