Tex. Tax Code § 11.44
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 11.44, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 11.44. NOTICE OF APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) Before February 1 of each year, the chief appraiser shall deliver an appropriate exemption application form to each person who in the preceding year was allowed an exemption that must be applied for annually. He shall include a brief explanation of the requirements of Section 11.43 of this code.
(b) Each year the chief appraiser for each appraisal district shall publicize, in a manner reasonably designed to notify all residents of the district, the requirements of Section 11.43 of this code and the availability of application forms.
(c) The comptroller shall prescribe by rule the content of the explanation required by Subsection (a) of this section, and shall require that each exemption application form be printed and prepared:
(1) as a separate form from any other form; or
(2) on the front of the form if the form also provides for other information.
(b) Each year the chief appraiser for each appraisal district shall publicize, in a manner reasonably designed to notify all residents of the district, the requirements of Section 11.43 of this code and the availability of application forms.
(c) The comptroller shall prescribe by rule the content of the explanation required by Subsection (a) of this section, and shall require that each exemption application form be printed and prepared:
(1) as a separate form from any other form; or
(2) on the front of the form if the form also provides for other information.
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