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