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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain appeals through binding arbitration of |
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appraisal review board orders. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41A.01, Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) To appeal an appraisal review board order under this |
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chapter, a property owner must file with the appraisal district not |
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later than the 45th day after the date the property owner receives |
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notice of the order: |
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(1) a completed request for binding arbitration under |
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this chapter in the form prescribed by Section 41A.04; and |
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(2) an arbitration deposit made payable to the |
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comptroller in the amount of[:] |
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[(A)] $500 [; or
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[(B)
$250, if the property owner requests
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expedited arbitration under Section 41A.031]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 41A.031 is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act is a |
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procedural change to existing law and is applicable to any |
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proceedings pending or not finalized as of the effective date of |
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this bill. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes on January 1, 2014. |