Bill Text: TX HB2292 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the award of attorney's fees in a judicial appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Left pending in committee [HB2292 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2292-Introduced.html
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By: Parker | H.B. No. 2292 |
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relating to the award of attorney's fees in a judicial appeal of | ||
certain ad valorem tax determinations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.29, Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 42.29. ATTORNEY'S FEES. (a) Subject to Subsection | ||
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under Section 42.25 or 42.26 or[ |
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determination of an appraisal review board on a motion filed under | ||
Section 25.25[ |
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award may not exceed the greater of: | ||
(1) $15,000; or | ||
(2) 20 percent of the total amount by which the | ||
property owner's tax liability is reduced as a result of the appeal. | ||
(b) The [ |
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award of attorney's fees under Subsection (a) may not exceed the | ||
lesser of: | ||
(1) $100,000; or | ||
(2) the total amount by which the property owner's tax | ||
liability is reduced as a result of the appeal. | ||
(c) A property owner who prevails in an appeal to the court | ||
of a determination of an appraisal review board of a protest of the | ||
denial in whole or in part of an exemption under Section 11.17, | ||
11.22, 11.23, 11.231, or 11.24 may be awarded reasonable attorney's | ||
fees. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an appeal under Chapter 42, Tax Code, that is filed on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. An appeal under Chapter 42, Tax | ||
Code, that is filed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the appeal is filed, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |