By: Bohac	H.B. No. 1802

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a request for binding arbitration of certain appraisal
	review board orders.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 41A.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  To appeal an appraisal review board order under this
	chapter, a property owner must file with the appraisal district not
	later than the 60th [45th] day after the date the property owner
	receives notice of the order:
	(1)  a completed request for binding arbitration under
	this chapter in the form prescribed by Section 41A.04; and
	(2)  an arbitration deposit made payable to the
	comptroller in the amount of:
	(A)  $450, if the property qualifies as the
	owner's residence homestead under Section 11.13 and the appraised
	or market value, as applicable, of the property is $500,000 or less,
	as determined by the order;
	(B)  $500, if the property qualifies as the
	owner's residence homestead under Section 11.13 and the appraised
	or market value, as applicable, of the property is more than
	$500,000, as determined by the order;
	(C)  $500, if the property does not qualify as the
	owner's residence homestead under Section 11.13 and the appraised
	or market value, as applicable, of the property is $1 million or
	less, as determined by the order;
	(D)  $800, if the property does not qualify as the
	owner's residence homestead under Section 11.13 and the appraised
	or market value, as applicable, of the property is more than $1
	million but not more than $2 million, as determined by the order;
	(E)  $1,050, if the property does not qualify as
	the owner's residence homestead under Section 11.13 and the
	appraised or market value, as applicable, of the property is more
	than $2 million but not more than $3 million, as determined by the
	order; or
	(F)  $1,550, if the property does not qualify as
	the owner's residence homestead under Section 11.13 and the
	appraised or market value, as applicable, of the property is more
	than $3 million but not more than $5 million, as determined by the
	order.
	SECTION 2.  (a) Section 41A.05, Tax Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Not later than the 10th day after the date an appraisal
	district receives from a property owner a completed request for
	binding arbitration under this chapter and an arbitration deposit
	as required by Section 41A.03, the appraisal district shall:
	(1)  [certify the request;
	[(2)]  submit the request and deposit to the
	comptroller; and
	(2) [(3)]  request the comptroller to appoint a
	qualified arbitrator to conduct the arbitration.
	(c)  The comptroller may not reject an application submitted
	to the comptroller under this section unless:
	(1)  the comptroller delivers written notice to the
	applicant of the defect in the application that would be the cause
	of the rejection; and
	(2)  the applicant fails to cure the defect on or before
	the 15th day after the date the comptroller delivers the notice.
	(d)  An applicant may cure a defect in accordance with
	Subsection (c) at any time before the expiration of the period
	provided by that subsection, without regard to the deadline for
	filing the request for binding arbitration under Section 41A.03(a).
	(e)  For purposes of this section, a reference to the
	applicant includes the applicant's representative if the applicant
	has retained a representative as provided by Section 41A.08 for
	purposes of representing the applicant in an arbitration proceeding
	under this chapter.
	(b)  Section 41A.05, Tax Code, as amended by this section,
	applies only to a request for binding arbitration received by the
	comptroller of public accounts from an appraisal district on or
	after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies only to an appeal of an
	appraisal review board order that a property owner receives notice
	of on or after the effective date of this Act. An appeal of an
	appraisal review board order that a property owner receives notice
	of before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
	effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	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, 2019.