Bill Text: TX HB3446 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the distribution by the appraisal review board of an appraisal district of written opinions, memoranda, or analyses of law drafted by the attorney for the board.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-15 - Left pending in committee [HB3446 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3446-Introduced.html
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| By: Otto | H.B. No. 3446 | |
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| relating to the distribution by the appraisal review board of an | ||
| appraisal district of written opinions, memoranda, or analyses of | ||
| law drafted by the attorney for the board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 6.44 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 6.44. DISTRIBUTION BY BOARD OF LEGAL ANALYSES. (a) | ||
| Except as provided by Subsection (b), the appraisal review board of | ||
| an appraisal district may not distribute a written opinion, | ||
| memorandum, or analysis of law drafted for the board by an attorney | ||
| who serves as the legal counsel for the board to any person who is | ||
| not a member of the board. | ||
| (b) An appraisal review board may distribute a document | ||
| described by Subsection (a) to a person who is not a member of the | ||
| board if the board: | ||
| (1) immediately makes the document available for | ||
| public inspection by any person; and | ||
| (2) forwards the document not later than the next | ||
| business day to the comptroller to be posted on the comptroller's | ||
| Internet website. | ||
| (c) The comptroller shall post each document that the | ||
| comptroller receives under this section on the comptroller's | ||
| Internet website. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a written opinion, memorandum, or analysis of law distributed on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. A written opinion, | ||
| memorandum, or analysis of law distributed before the effective | ||
| date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the document | ||
| was distributed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
