By: Garcia S.B. No. 1896
(In the Senate - Filed April 16, 2013; April 17, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Open Government;
April 23, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3,
Nays 0; April 23, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of information in ad valorem tax
appraisal records that identifies the home address of certain
judges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a-1), Section
25.025, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
(2) "State judge" means:
(A) a judge, former judge, or retired judge of an
appellate court, a district court, a statutory probate court, a
constitutional county court, or a county court at law of this state;
(B) an associate judge appointed under Chapter
201, Family Code, or Chapter 54A, Government Code, or a retired
associate judge or former associate judge appointed under either
law [that chapter]; [or]
(C) a justice of the peace;
(D) a master, magistrate, referee, hearing
officer, or associate judge appointed under Chapter 54, Government
Code; or
(E) a municipal court judge.
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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