84R9942 LEH-F
 
  By: Oliveira H.B. No. 3284
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to venue for the appeal of a judgment of a district court
  determining an ad valorem tax appeal.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.28, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 42.28.  APPEAL OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT. (a)  Except
  as provided by Subsection (b), a [A] party may appeal the final
  judgment of the district court as provided by law for appeal of
  civil suits generally, except that an appeal bond is not required of
  the chief appraiser, the county, the comptroller, or the
  commissioners court.
         (b)  An appeal under this section shall be brought in the
  Court of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  42.28, Tax Code, applies only to an appeal filed under Chapter 42,
  Tax Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An appeal
  filed under Chapter 42, Tax Code, before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law in effect when the appeal was filed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.