85R2807 SMT-D     By: Bell H.B. No. 139       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a property owner to request that notice   of a protest hearing before the appraisal review board be delivered   by certified mail.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 41.46, Tax Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  The appraisal review board shall deliver notice of the   hearing by certified mail if, in the notice of protest under Section   41.44, the property owner requests delivery by certified mail.  The   board may require the property owner to pay the cost of postage   under this subsection.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.