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Senate introduces bills on tax-lien sales, charter school ballot rules, behavioral health and municipal disconnection; president signs several measures
Summary
On March 20 the clerk introduced Senate Bill 144 (tax-lien sale and treasurer's deed procedures), Senate Bill 145 (charter school and local ballot question provisions), House Bill 1116 (behavioral health processes), and House Bill 1253 (municipal disconnection process) and recorded committee referrals; the clerk also announced the President has signed several previously passed measures.
The clerk introduced multiple bills on the Senate floor. Senate Bill 144, sponsored in the reading by Senator Frizzell and Linstead, addresses the collection of delinquent property taxes by tax-lien sale, modifies the authority for treasurers to charge certain fees, amends the process for sale of tax liens, and re-creates and reenacts with amendments the process for obtaining a treasurer's deed after public auction of property subject to tax lien; the measure was referred to the Finance Committee.
The clerk also read Senate Bill 145 (sponsors listed in the transcript as Brighton Kipp and Representative Basenkircher and Gilchrist) concerning charter school involvement and local ballot questions; that bill was referred to the Education Committee. House Bill 1116 (by Representative Bridal and Gonzales and Senator Ball) concerning processes related to individuals with behavioral health disorders was referred to Health and Human Services. House Bill 1253 (by Representative Slaw and Senator Kirkmire) concerning the process for disconnection of property from a statutory municipality was referred to Local Government and Housing.
The clerk announced that the President has signed Senate Bills 11, 16, and 32, as well as Senate Joint Resolution 17 and Senate Resolution 5. The transcript does not provide the content of those measures in this session; the clerk listed their identifiers for the record.
