Bill Text: TX HB1186 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District of certain property subject to a tax abatement agreement with the district and to the validation of certain actions of the district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB1186 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1186-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1186

AN ACT
relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem
taxation by the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District of
certain property subject to a tax abatement agreement with the
district and to the validation of certain actions of the district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4B, Chapter 628, Acts of the 68th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1983, is amended by adding
Subdivision (16) to read as follows:
(16) If the district enters into a tax abatement
agreement with the owner of single-family residential property to
exempt a portion of the taxable value of the property from taxation
as authorized by Subdivision (7)(B) of this section, the tax
assessor-collector for the district or a person designated by the
tax assessor-collector may file an application for the exemption on
behalf of the property owner with the chief appraiser for the
appraisal district in which the property is located.
SECTION 2. (a) All governmental and proprietary actions of
the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District taken before the
effective date of this Act are validated, ratified, and confirmed
in all respects as if the actions had been taken as authorized by
law.
(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
judgment; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1186 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1186 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor