Bill Text: TX HB4613 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the award of attorney's fees to an appraisal district, appraisal review board, or chief appraiser that prevails in an appeal on the ground that a property has been appraised for ad valorem tax purposes unequally.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-04-17 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB4613 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB4613-Introduced.html

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89R16118 CS-D
By: Turner H.B. No. 4613

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the award of attorney's fees to an appraisal district,
appraisal review board, or chief appraiser that prevails in an
appeal on the ground that a property has been appraised for ad
valorem tax purposes unequally.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.29, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the amount of an award
of attorney's fees to a property owner 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) An appraisal district, an appraisal review board, or a
chief appraiser that prevails in an appeal under Section 42.26 may
be awarded reasonable attorney's fees. The amount of the award may
not exceed $100,000.
SECTION 2. Section 42.29, Tax Code, as amended by this Act,
applies only to an appeal under Chapter 42, Tax Code, for which a
petition for review is filed on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.