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