By: Fallon, Taylor  S.B. No. 1876
         (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 18, 2019, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Property Tax;
  April 29, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
  Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a request for binding arbitration to appeal appraisal
  review board orders involving two or more contiguous tracts of
  land.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 41A.03(a-1), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a-1)  If a property owner requests binding arbitration
  under this chapter to appeal appraisal review board orders
  involving two or more tracts of land that are contiguous to one
  another, a single arbitration deposit in the amount provided by
  Subsection (a)(2) is sufficient to satisfy the requirement of
  Subsection (a)(2).  For purposes of this subsection, tracts of land
  may not be considered to be noncontiguous on the basis of the
  classifications of the tracts of land, provided that the tracts of
  land constitute the same economic unit.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a request for binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that
  is filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A request for
  binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that is filed
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the request is filed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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