Bill Text: TX HB2792 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board hearing shall be closed to the public.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2792 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2792-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2792 |
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relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board | ||
hearing shall be closed to the public. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 41.66, Tax Code, is amended by amending | ||
Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), hearings | ||
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public. | ||
(d-1) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, the | ||
appraisal review board shall conduct a hearing that is closed to the | ||
public if the property owner or the chief appraiser intends to | ||
disclose proprietary or confidential information at the hearing | ||
that will assist the review board in determining the protest. The | ||
review board may hold a closed hearing under this subsection only on | ||
a joint motion by the property owner and the chief appraiser. | ||
(d-2) Information described by Subsection (d-1) is | ||
considered information obtained under Section 22.27. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2792 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2792 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |