Bill Text: TX SB884 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the deadline for certain taxing units to provide notice of the unit's proposed property tax rate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Referred to Finance [SB884 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB884-Introduced.html
84R9592 LEH-F | ||
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 884 |
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relating to the deadline for certain taxing units to provide notice | ||
of the unit's proposed property tax rate. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 140.010(f), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) A county or municipality shall: | ||
(1) provide the notice required by Subsection (d) or | ||
(e), as applicable, by the earlier of October [ |
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appraisal roll is certified by: | ||
(A) publishing the notice in a newspaper having | ||
general circulation in: | ||
(i) the county, in the case of notice | ||
published by a county; or | ||
(ii) the county in which the municipality | ||
is located or primarily located, in the case of notice published by | ||
a municipality; or | ||
(B) mailing the notice to each property owner in: | ||
(i) the county, in the case of notice | ||
provided by a county; or | ||
(ii) the municipality, in the case of | ||
notice provided by a municipality; and | ||
(2) post the notice on the Internet website of the | ||
county or municipality, if applicable, beginning by the earlier of | ||
October [ |
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the taxing unit's appraisal roll is certified and continuing until | ||
the county or municipality adopts a tax rate. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
140.010(f), Local Government Code, apply only to notice of a | ||
proposed property tax rate for a tax year beginning on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |