88R20134 TJB-D
 
  By: Landgraf H.B. No. 159
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 159:
 
  By:  Noble C.S.H.B. No. 159
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procedure by which a taxing unit is required to
  provide public notice of certain ad valorem tax-related
  information.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 26.04, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (e-6) to read as follows:
         (e-6)  The designated officer or employee of a taxing unit
  required to post information on the home page of the taxing unit's
  Internet website under Subsection (e) shall publish a summary of
  that information and the uniform resource locator (URL) address of
  the location where that information is posted in a newspaper of
  general circulation in each county in which the taxing unit is
  located. This subsection does not apply to a taxing unit if:
               (1)  the taxing unit is located wholly or partly in a
  county with a population of one million or more; or
               (2)  no part of the taxing unit is located in a county
  in which a newspaper of general circulation is published.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an ad valorem tax year that begins on or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2024.