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  H.B. No. 242
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement that certain ad valorem tax-related
  notices be delivered to a property owner by certified mail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.07(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (d)  A notice required by Section 11.45(d), 23.44(d),
  23.46(c), 23.54(e), 23.541(c), 23.55(e), 23.57(d), 23.76(e),
  23.79(d), or 23.85(d) must be sent by certified mail.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 242 was passed by the House on April
  3, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 242 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor