S.B. No. 402
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.071, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 1.071.  DELIVERY OF REFUND. (a)  Except as provided by
  Subsection (b), a [A] collector or taxing unit required by this
  title to deliver a refund to a person shall send the refund to the
  person's mailing address as listed on the appraisal roll.
         (b)  If [Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if] a person to whom
  a refund is owed files a written request on a form prescribed by the
  comptroller with a [the] collector or taxing unit before the date
  the [that a] refund is issued requesting that the refund [owed to
  the person] be sent to a particular address, the collector or taxing
  unit shall send the refund to the address stated on the form [in the
  request].
         (c)  The comptroller shall prescribe a form a person may use
  to make a request under Subsection (b). The comptroller shall
  include on the form a notice of the penalties prescribed by Section
  37.10, Penal Code, for making or filing an application containing a
  false statement.
         (d)  A person who files a request with a collector or taxing
  unit under Subsection (b) may revoke the request by filing a written
  revocation with the collector or taxing unit.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a request filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A
  request 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, 2025.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 402 passed the Senate on
  March 24, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 402 passed the House on
  May 20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 1, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor