88R4231 DRS-D
By: Shine H.B. No. 4101
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the matters that may be the subject of limited binding
arbitration to compel compliance with procedural requirements
related to protests before appraisal review boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 41A.015, Tax Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41A.015. LIMITED BINDING ARBITRATION TO COMPEL
COMPLIANCE WITH [CERTAIN] PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO
PROTESTS.
SECTION 2. Section 41A.015(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) A property owner who has filed a notice of protest under
Chapter 41 may file a request for limited binding arbitration under
this section to compel the appraisal review board or chief
appraiser, as appropriate, to:
(1) comply with the model hearing procedures prepared
by the comptroller under Section 5.103, including by rescinding
[rescind] procedural rules adopted by the appraisal review board
that are not in compliance with the model hearing procedures
[prepared by the comptroller under Section 5.103];
(2) schedule a hearing on a protest as required by
Section 41.45;
(3) deliver information to the property owner in the
manner required by Section 41.461;
(4) allow the property owner to offer evidence,
examine or cross-examine witnesses or other parties, and present
arguments as required by Section 41.66(b);
(5) set a hearing for a time and date certain and
postpone a hearing that does not begin within two hours of the
scheduled time as required by Section 41.66(i);
(6) schedule hearings on protests concerning multiple
properties identified in the same notice of protest on the same day
at the request of the property owner or the property owner's
designated agent as required by Section 41.66(j); [or]
(7) refrain from using or offering as evidence
information requested by the property owner under Section 41.461
that was not delivered to the property owner at least 14 days before
the hearing as required by Section 41.67(d);
(8) comply with the comptroller's Appraisal Review
Board Manual in use at the time the property owner filed a notice of
protest under Chapter 41; or
(9) comply with any other procedural requirement of
Chapter 41 relating to a protest under that chapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.