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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the immunity of property tax arbitrators from liability |
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for determinations made in the course of binding arbitrations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 41A, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 41A.14 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41A.14. IMMUNITY. An arbitrator appointed under this |
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chapter is immune from civil liability that is based on the |
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arbitrator's determination of the value of property or of the |
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appropriate award of any remedy or relief under Section 41A.09 as if |
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the arbitrator were a district judge making the determination. All |
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existing immunity granted arbitrators by law, express or implied, |
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continues in full force and effect. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrued before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |