Bill Text: TX HB1060 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered by certified mail or electronic mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1060 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1060-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1060 | ||
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| relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice | ||
| of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered | ||
| by certified mail or electronic mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1.085, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (m) to read as follows: | ||
| (m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a | ||
| property owner need not enter into an agreement under this section | ||
| to be entitled to electronic delivery of a notice of a protest | ||
| hearing under Section 41.46. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 41.46, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The appraisal review board shall deliver notice of the | ||
| hearing by certified mail if, in the notice of protest under Section | ||
| 41.44, the property owner requests delivery by certified mail. The | ||
| board may require the property owner to pay the cost of postage | ||
| under this subsection. | ||
| (e) Notwithstanding Section 1.085, the appraisal review | ||
| board shall deliver notice of the hearing by electronic mail if, in | ||
| the notice of protest under Section 41.44, the property owner | ||
| requests delivery by electronic mail and provides a valid | ||
| electronic mail address. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1060 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1060 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
