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

Texas House Bill 159

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

	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.