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AN ACT
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relating to fees taxed as costs of suit for certain delinquent tax |
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suits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.73, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The district clerk shall collect the fees taxed as costs |
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of suit and award the fees to the master as required under |
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Subsection (b) in each delinquent tax suit for which a master is |
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appointed under Section 33.71, regardless of the disposition of the |
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suit subject to this subsection. Fees may not be collected or |
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awarded in a suit dismissed by the master unless the master: |
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(1) held at least one hearing on the suit; or |
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(2) prepared for the suit for at least a number of |
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hours equivalent to the time typically required to conduct a |
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hearing. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a delinquent tax suit for which a master is appointed that is |
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filed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3389 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3389 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |