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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of a public hearing at which the board of |
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directors of an appraisal district will consider the appraisal |
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district budget. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.062, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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subsection (a) and adding subsections (a-1), (d), and (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 6.062. PUBLICATION OF BUDGET. (a) Not later than the |
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10th day before the date of the public hearing at which the board of |
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directors considers the appraisal district budget, the chief |
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appraiser shall give notice of the public hearing by publishing the |
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notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the county for |
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which the appraisal district is established; and either: |
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(1) on the home page of the: |
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(A) county appraisal district’s Internet |
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website, if the county appraisal district maintains an Internet |
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website; or |
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(B) county’s Internet website, if the county |
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maintains an Internet website and the county appraisal district |
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does not maintain an Internet website; or |
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(2) on the official social media page for the: |
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(A) county appraisal district, if the county |
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appraisal district maintains an official social media page; or |
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(B) county, if the county maintains an official |
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social media page and the county appraisal district does not |
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maintain an official social media page. |
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(a-1) The notice published under Subdivision(a)(3) may not |
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be smaller than one-quarter page of a standard-size or tabloid-size |
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newspaper and may not be published in the part of the paper in which |
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legal notices and classified advertisements appear. |
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(d) The chief appraiser shall provide notice of any change |
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of the location of a public hearing for which notice is provided |
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under this section in the same manner as the notice required by |
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Subsection (a). The notice must be provided not later than the 5th |
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day before the date of the hearing. |
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(e) This subsection applies only to an appraisal district |
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established in a county with a population of less than 20,000. |
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Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (d), a chief appraiser may |
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publish a notice required by Subsection (a) or (d) solely in an |
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online newspaper having general circulation in the county with |
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preference given to an online newspaper primarily owned or operated |
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by a print newspaper. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |