H.B. No. 3389
relating to fees taxed as costs of suit for certain delinquent tax suits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.73, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The district clerk shall collect the fees taxed as costs of suit and award the fees to the master as required under Subsection (b) in each delinquent tax suit for which a master is appointed under Section 33.71, regardless of the disposition of the suit subject to this subsection. Fees may not be collected or awarded in a suit dismissed by the master unless the master:
(1) held at least one hearing on the suit; or
(2) prepared for the suit for at least a number of hours equivalent to the time typically required to conduct a hearing.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a delinquent tax suit for which a master is appointed that is filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the SenateSpeaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3389 was passed by the House on May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3389 was passed by the Senate on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
______________________________ Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________ Date
_____________________ Governor