By: Bonnen of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 1953

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE VOTE

YeaNayAbsentPNV

NelsonX

HinojosaX

BettencourtX

EltifeX

HancockX

HuffmanX

KolkhorstX

NicholsX

SchwertnerX

SeligerX

Taylorof GalvestonX

UrestiX

WatsonX

WestX

WhitmireX

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 first date that the taxing unit has received each applicable certified appraisal roll 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 first date that the taxing unit has received each applicable certified appraisal roll 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.

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