| 1 | 1 | | By: Hegar S.B. No. 1076 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2013; March 12, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 4, 2013, |
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| 4 | 4 | | reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 14, Nays 0; |
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| 5 | 5 | | April 4, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board |
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| 11 | 11 | | hearing shall be closed to the public. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 41.66, Tax Code, is amended by amending |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to read as |
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| 15 | 15 | | follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), hearings |
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| 17 | 17 | | [Hearings] conducted as provided by this chapter are open to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | public. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (d-1) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, the |
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| 20 | 20 | | appraisal review board shall conduct a hearing that is closed to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | public if the property owner or the chief appraiser intends to |
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| 22 | 22 | | disclose proprietary or confidential information at the hearing |
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| 23 | 23 | | that will assist the review board in determining the protest. The |
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| 24 | 24 | | review board may hold a closed hearing under this subsection only on |
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| 25 | 25 | | a joint motion by the property owner and the chief appraiser. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (d-2) Information described by Subsection (d-1) is |
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| 27 | 27 | | considered information obtained under Section 22.27. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 33 | 33 | | * * * * * |
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