84R15581 TJB-F
By: Springer H.B. No. 285
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 285:
By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 285
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition on posting on the Internet information
held by an appraisal district regarding certain residential
property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.027, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as
follows:
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) an aerial photograph that depicts [five or] more
than one separately owned building [buildings];
(2) a street level photograph of only the exterior of a
building; or
(3) a field record or overhead sketch of the property
that depicts only:
(A) the outline of one or more buildings on the
property;
(B) the location of an interior wall in an
outlined building located on the property that separates the main
living area of the building from an ancillary space such as a
garage, patio, or porch;
(C) the general landscape features of the
property, including ponds, pools, and walls; and
(D) the dimensions of or distances between the
buildings and features depicted.
(c) The owner of an improvement to real property described
by Subsection (a) may submit a written request to the chief
appraiser of the appraisal district in which the property is
located requesting that the appraisal district's Internet website
not include information that identifies the person as the owner of
the property. If a request is made under this subsection, the
appraisal district may not post information on, and must as soon as
practicable remove information from, the district's Internet
website that identifies the requestor as the owner of the property
described in the request.
(d) An appraisal district shall post and maintain on the
appraisal district's Internet website a statement informing
property owners of the right to make a request under Subsection (c).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.