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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications required of an appraisal district |
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employee in order to testify as to the value of real property in |
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certain ad valorem tax appeals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.23(i), Tax Code, as effective January |
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1, 2020, is amended to read as follows: |
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(i) An [If an] appraisal district employee may not testify |
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[testifies] as to the value of real property in an appeal under |
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Section 42.25 or 42.26 unless the person is[, the court may give
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preference to an employee who is a person] authorized to perform an |
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appraisal of real estate under Section 1103.201, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 14(b), Chapter 481 (S.B. |
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1760), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, Section |
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42.23(i), Tax Code, as added by that Act and amended by this Act, |
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takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |