| 1 | 1 | | By: Garcia, et al. S.B. No. 1896 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Naishtat) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the confidentiality of information in ad valorem tax |
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| 8 | 8 | | appraisal records that identifies the home address of certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | judges. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a-1), Section |
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| 12 | 12 | | 25.025, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (2) "State judge" means: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (A) a judge, former judge, or retired judge of an |
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| 15 | 15 | | appellate court, a district court, a statutory probate court, a |
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| 16 | 16 | | constitutional county court, or a county court at law of this state; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) an associate judge appointed under Chapter |
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| 18 | 18 | | 201, Family Code, or Chapter 54A, Government Code, or a retired |
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| 19 | 19 | | associate judge or former associate judge appointed under either |
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| 20 | 20 | | law [that chapter]; [or] |
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| 21 | 21 | | (C) a justice of the peace; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (D) a master, magistrate, referee, hearing |
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| 23 | 23 | | officer, or associate judge appointed under Chapter 54, Government |
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| 24 | 24 | | Code; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (E) a municipal court judge. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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