Section 9.4223 - Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction(a) Reasons for dismissal. The arbitrator shall dismiss a pending request for LBA with prejudice, for lack of jurisdiction, if: (1) except as allowed by Tax Code, § 41A.10, taxes on the property subject to the appeal are delinquent because, for any prior year, all property taxes due have not been paid or because, for the year at issue, the undisputed tax amount was not paid before the delinquency date set by the applicable section of Tax Code, Chapter 31;(2) no notice of protest under Tax Code, Chapter 41, was filed prior to the request for LBA being filed under Tax Code, § 41A.015(a);(3) the requestor seeks to compel the ARB or chief appraiser to take an action that is not authorized by Tax Code, § 41A.015(a);(4) the requestor failed to timely provide written notice to the chair of the ARB, the chief appraiser, and the taxpayer liaison officer for the applicable appraisal district by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the procedural requirement(s) with which the property owner alleges the ARB or chief appraiser was required to comply under Tax Code, § 41A.015(b)(1);(5) the requestor failed to timely file the request for LBA under Tax Code, § 41A.015(d), which requires filing it no earlier than the 11th day and no later than the 30th day after the date the property owner delivered the notice required by Tax Code, § 41A.015(b)(1);(6) the chief appraiser or ARB chair delivered a written statement to the property owner on or before the 10th day after the notice described by Tax Code, § 41A.015(b)(1), was delivered confirming that the ARB or chief appraiser would comply with the requirement or cure a failure to comply with the requirement;(7) a lawsuit was filed in district court regarding the same issues, for the same properties, and for the same tax year for which the request was filed;(8) the property owner or the property owner's agent and the appraisal district have executed a written agreement resolving the matter; or(9) the request for LBA was filed by an agent who does not have proper authority to act as an agent for the property owner under Tax Code, § 41A.08 and §9.4205 of this title.(b) An arbitrator shall dismiss any individual properties for which subsection (a) of this section applies and the case will move forward with only the remaining properties.34 Tex. Admin. Code § 9.4223
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 15, April 12, 2024, TexReg 2311, eff. 4/16/2024