SRC-VRA H.B. 2819 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2819
78R10362 JD-FBy: Driver (Deuell)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/21/2003
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under Section 25.02, Tax Code, tax appraisal district records must include
the name and address of the property owner.  In the case of the victim of
a serious crime of family violence, disclosure of the home addresses of
such individuals is potentially dangerous to the individual, the
individual's family, and the individual's  property.  H.B. 2819 provides
that information in appraisal records that identifies the home address of
certain victims of family violence is confidential and is available only
for the official use of the appraisal district, this state, the
comptroller of public accounts, and taxing units and political
subdivisions of this state. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, to provide that this
section applies to a peace officer, a county jailer, an employee of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a commissioned security officer and
a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code, if
as a result of the act of family violence against the victim, the actor is
convicted of a felony or a Class A misdemeanor. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or September 1, 2003.