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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice |
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of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered |
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by certified mail or electronic mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1.085, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (m) to read as follows: |
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(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a |
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property owner need not enter into an agreement under this section |
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to be entitled to electronic delivery of a notice of a protest |
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hearing under Section 41.46. |
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SECTION 2. Section 41.46, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) The appraisal review board shall deliver notice of the |
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hearing by certified mail if, in the notice of protest under Section |
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41.44, the property owner requests delivery by certified mail. The |
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board may require the property owner to pay the cost of postage |
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under this subsection. |
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(e) Notwithstanding Section 1.085, the appraisal review |
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board shall deliver notice of the hearing by electronic mail if, in |
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the notice of protest under Section 41.44, the property owner |
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requests delivery by electronic mail and provides a valid |
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electronic mail address. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |