Sec. 312.2041. NOTICE OF TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT TO OTHER TAXING UNITS

(a) Not later than the seventh day before the date on which a municipality enters into an agreement under Section 312.204 or 312.211, the governing body of the municipality or a designated officer or employee of the municipality shall deliver to the presiding officer of the governing body of each other taxing unit in which the property to be subject to the agreement is located a written notice that the municipality intends to enter into the agreement. The notice must include a copy of the proposed agreement.

(b) A notice is presumed delivered when placed in the mail postage paid and properly addressed to the appropriate presiding officer. A notice properly addressed and sent by registered or certified mail for which a return receipt is received by the sender is considered to have been delivered to the addressee.

(c) Failure to deliver the notice does not affect the validity of the agreement.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 14.11(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1137, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 855, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1333, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.