86R4968 SMT-D
 
  By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 1060
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice
  of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered
  by certified mail or electronic mail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.085, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (m) to read as follows:
         (m)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
  property owner need not enter into an agreement under this section
  to be entitled to electronic delivery of a notice of a protest
  hearing under Section 41.46.
         SECTION 2.  Section 41.46, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
         (d)  The appraisal review board shall deliver notice of the
  hearing by certified mail if, in the notice of protest under Section
  41.44, the property owner requests delivery by certified mail.  The
  board may require the property owner to pay the cost of postage
  under this subsection.
         (e)  Notwithstanding Section 1.085, the appraisal review
  board shall deliver notice of the hearing by electronic mail if, in
  the notice of protest under Section 41.44, the property owner
  requests delivery by electronic mail and provides a valid
  electronic mail address.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.