84R9592 LEH-F
 
  By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 884
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the deadline for certain taxing units to provide notice
  of the unit's 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, by the earlier of October [not later than
  September] 1 or the 30th day after the date the taxing unit's
  appraisal roll is certified 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 by the earlier of
  October [not later than September] 1 or the 30th day after the date
  the taxing unit's appraisal roll is certified and continuing until
  the county or municipality adopts a tax rate.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  140.010(f), Local Government Code, apply only to notice of a
  proposed property tax rate for a tax year beginning on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.