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		By: King of Uvalde, et al. | 
        H.B. No. 1743 | 
      
      
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										   (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) | 
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               (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019;  | 
      
      
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        April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on  | 
      
      
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        Property Tax; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following  | 
      
      
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        vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0, 1 present not voting; May 17, 2019, sent to  | 
      
      
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        printer.) | 
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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to the additional ad valorem tax and interest imposed as a  | 
      
      
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        result of a change of use of certain land. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 23.55(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as  | 
      
      
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        follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  If the use of land that has been appraised as provided by  | 
      
      
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        this subchapter changes, an additional tax is imposed on the land  | 
      
      
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        equal to the difference between the taxes imposed on the land for  | 
      
      
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        each of the three [five] years preceding the year in which the  | 
      
      
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        change of use occurs that the land was appraised as provided by this  | 
      
      
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        subchapter and the tax that would have been imposed had the land  | 
      
      
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        been taxed on the basis of market value in each of those years, plus  | 
      
      
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        interest at an annual rate of five [seven] percent calculated from  | 
      
      
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        the dates on which the differences would have become due.  For  | 
      
      
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        purposes of this subsection, the chief appraiser may not consider  | 
      
      
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        any period during which land is owned by the state in determining  | 
      
      
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        whether a change in the use of the land has occurred. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Section 23.76(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as  | 
      
      
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        follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  If the use of land that has been appraised as provided by  | 
      
      
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        this subchapter changes, an additional tax is imposed on the land  | 
      
      
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        equal to the difference between the taxes imposed on the land for  | 
      
      
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        each of the three [five] years preceding the year in which the  | 
      
      
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        change of use occurs that the land was appraised as provided by this  | 
      
      
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        subchapter and the tax that would have been imposed had the land  | 
      
      
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        been taxed on the basis of market value in each of those years, plus  | 
      
      
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        interest at an annual rate of five [seven] percent calculated from  | 
      
      
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        the dates on which the differences would have become due. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to  | 
      
      
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        a change of use of land appraised under Subchapter D or E, Chapter  | 
      
      
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        23, Tax Code, that occurs on or after the effective date of this  | 
      
      
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        Act. A change in the use of land appraised under Subchapter D or E,  | 
      
      
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        Chapter 23, Tax Code, that occurs before the effective date of this  | 
      
      
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        Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the change of use  | 
      
      
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        occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that  | 
      
      
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        purpose. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
      
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