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.