Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1095 amends miscellaneous Tax Code provisions relating to property tax appraisal and chief appraiser responsibilities. For reinvestment zones and tax abatement agreements, the bill requires the chief appraiser for a taxing unit that has designated a zone or executed an agreement, rather than the taxing unit itself, to forward the annual report that the comptroller uses in compiling the central registry of such zones and agreements, and it changes the report deadline from April 1 to July 1. The bill deletes a requirement for the technical advisory committee that assists the comptroller on ratio study methodology to meet at least semiannually. Other provisions clarify a property owner's right to inspect and copy records relating to an appraisal by a contracting private appraisal firm and require a timely correction and certification of the amount of the market value of railroad rolling stock.