Bill Text: TX HB159 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the procedure by which a taxing unit is required to provide public notice of certain ad valorem tax-related information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Left pending in committee [HB159 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB159-Engrossed.html

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88R20134 TJB-D
By: Landgraf 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.