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Senate Bill 1546 |
Senate Author: Patrick |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Murphy |
Current law entitles a property owner who has not designated an agent to represent the owner at a hearing on a protest before an appraisal review board and who fails to appear at that hearing to a new hearing if the property owner files a written statement with the appraisal review board within a specified period showing good cause for the failure to appear and requesting a new hearing. Senate Bill 1546 amends the Tax Code to extend that entitlement to a person designated by the property owner as the owner's agent for purposes of representing the owner at such a hearing who fails to appear at the hearing and who files a timely written statement with the board showing good cause for the failure to appear and requesting a new hearing.