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AN ACT
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relating to a request for binding arbitration to appeal appraisal |
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review board orders involving two or more contiguous tracts of |
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land. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41A.03(a-1), Tax Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) If a property owner requests binding arbitration |
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under this chapter to appeal appraisal review board orders |
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involving two or more contiguous tracts of land that are owned by |
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the property owner [contiguous to one another], a single |
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arbitration deposit in the amount provided by Subsection (a)(2) is |
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sufficient to satisfy the requirement of Subsection (a)(2). For |
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purposes of this subsection, "contiguous tracts of land" means |
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improved or unimproved tracts of land that are touching or that |
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share a common boundary, as determined using appraisal district |
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records or legal descriptions of the tracts. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a request for binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that |
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is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for |
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binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that is filed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the request is filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1876 passed the Senate on |
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May 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1876 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |