By: Cole (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 3134
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
  May 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
  May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 13,
  Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the methods by which the comptroller may provide notice
  of a hearing on the revocation or suspension, or of the revocation
  or suspension, of a permit or license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 111.0047, Tax Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (d)  Notices under this section may be served on the holder
  of the permit or license personally or may be mailed to the holder's
  address as shown in the records of the comptroller. At the option
  of the holder of the permit or license, the notices may be served by
  electronic means instead of served personally or mailed.
         (e)  A notice served by electronic means must be addressed to
  the person's e-mail address as it appears in the comptroller's
  records. Service by electronic means is complete when the
  comptroller transmits the notice to the person's e-mail address.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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