TITLE: Relating to the deadline for filing certain appeals of certain appraisal review board orders.

SUMMARY: Relating to the deadline for filing certain appeals of certain appraisal review board orders.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the deadline for filing certain appeals 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) $500; or (B) $250, if the property owner requests expedited arbitration under Section 41A.031. SECTION 2. Section 2003.906(a-1), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a-1) The notice of appeal required under Subsection (a)(1) must be filed with the chief appraiser not later than the 60th [30th] day after the date the property owner receives notice of the order. 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.