S.B. No. 1662

	AN ACT
	relating to expedited binding arbitration of appraisal review board
	orders.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 41A.03, 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 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  Section 41A.031, Tax Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act does not apply
	to an appeal of an appraisal review board order for which a request
	is filed and a deposit is paid before the effective date of this
	Act.  An appeal of an appraisal review board order for which a
	request is filed and a deposit is paid before the effective date of
	this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
	date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1662 passed the Senate on
	May 1, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1662 passed the House on
	May 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 1, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor