Bill Text: TX HB1228 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the delivery of certain information under the Property Tax Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 1/1/24 [HB1228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1228-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the delivery of certain information under the Property Tax Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 1/1/24 [HB1228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1228-Engrossed.html
88R3208 RDS-D | ||
By: Metcalf, Toth, et al. | H.B. No. 1228 |
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relating to the right of a property owner or the owner's agent to | ||
receive on request a copy of the information used to appraise the | ||
owner's property for ad valorem tax purposes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.195, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (a-1) and (c-1) and amending Subsections (d) and (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a-1) On request by a property owner or the designated agent | ||
of an owner, a chief appraiser shall provide electronically or by | ||
mail at the address designated by the property owner or agent a copy | ||
of the records, supporting data, schedules, and other material and | ||
information the owner or agent is entitled to inspect and copy under | ||
Subsection (a). A chief appraiser may not impose a fee for | ||
providing a copy of records, supporting data, schedules, or other | ||
material or information under this subsection. | ||
(c-1) On request by a property owner or the designated agent | ||
of an owner, a private appraisal firm shall provide electronically | ||
or by mail at the address designated by the property owner or agent | ||
a copy of the information the owner or agent is entitled to inspect | ||
and copy under Subsection (c). A private appraisal firm may not | ||
impose a fee for providing a copy of information under this | ||
subsection. | ||
(d) The appraisal firm shall make information covered by | ||
Subsection (c) available for inspection and copying by the owner or | ||
agent or provide the information as required by Subsection (c-1), | ||
as applicable, not later than the 15th day after the date the owner | ||
or agent delivers a written request to inspect or receive a copy of | ||
the information, unless the owner or agent agrees in writing to a | ||
later date. | ||
(e) If an owner or agent states under oath in a document | ||
filed with an appraisal review board in connection with a | ||
proceeding initiated under Section 25.25 or Chapter 41 that the | ||
applicable appraisal firm has not complied with a request for | ||
inspection or copying under Subsection (c) or a request to receive a | ||
copy of information under Subsection (c-1) related to the property | ||
that is the subject of the proceeding, the board may not conduct a | ||
hearing on the merits of any claim relating to that property and may | ||
not approve the appraisal records relating to that property until | ||
the board determines in a hearing that: | ||
(1) the appraisal firm has made the information | ||
available for inspection and copying as required by Subsection (c) | ||
or has provided the information as required by Subsection (c-1), as | ||
applicable; or | ||
(2) the owner or agent has withdrawn the motion or | ||
protest that initiated the proceeding. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024. |