89th Legislature

HB 3851

Principle Criteria
Free Enterprise
Property Rights
Personal Responsibility
Limited Government
Individual Liberty
Digest
HB 3851 grants state and local government employees up to eight hours of paid leave per fiscal year to contest property tax appraisals before an appraisal review board. The leave is available to employees who are legally entitled to file a protest under Subchapter C, Chapter 41, Tax Code, ensuring that they do not lose salary or other leave benefits while pursuing a property tax challenge​.
Author
Terry Canales