84R11003 TJB-F
 
  By: Bonnen of Brazoria H.B. No. 1953
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the deadline for counties and municipalities to provide
  notice of a proposed property tax rate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 140.010(f), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (f)  A county or municipality shall:
               (1)  provide the notice required by Subsection (d) or
  (e), as applicable, not later than the later of September 1 or the
  30th day after the date the certified appraisal roll is received by
  the taxing unit by:
                     (A)  publishing the notice in a newspaper having
  general circulation in:
                           (i)  the county, in the case of notice
  published by a county; or
                           (ii)  the county in which the municipality
  is located or primarily located, in the case of notice published by
  a municipality; or
                     (B)  mailing the notice to each property owner in:
                           (i)  the county, in the case of notice
  provided by a county; or
                           (ii)  the municipality, in the case of
  notice provided by a municipality; and
               (2)  post the notice on the Internet website of the
  county or municipality, if applicable, beginning not later than the
  later of September 1 or the 30th day after the date the certified
  appraisal roll is received by the taxing unit and continuing until
  the county or municipality adopts a tax rate.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an ad valorem tax year
  that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.