84R26650 LEH-F
By: Murphy H.B. No. 4074
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4074:
By: Bohac C.S.H.B. No. 4074
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the presentation of evidence in appraisal review board
hearings on protests.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.45, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
(h) Before the hearing on a protest or immediately after the
hearing begins, the chief appraiser and the property owner or the
owner's agent shall each provide the other with a copy of any
written material or material preserved on any portable device
designed to maintain an electronic, magnetic, or digital
reproduction of a document or image that the person intends to offer
or submit to the appraisal review board at the hearing.
(o) If the chief appraiser uses audiovisual equipment at a
hearing on a protest, the appraisal office shall provide
audiovisual equipment of the same general type, kind, and character
for use during the hearing by the property owner or the property
owner's agent.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.