Bill Text: TX HB2622 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-24 - Referred to Administration [HB2622 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2622-Introduced.html
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By: Anderson of Dallas | H.B. No. 2622 |
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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, 2015. |