C.S.H.B. 2819 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2819 By: Driver State Affairs Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND 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, their family, and their property. The purpose of C.S.H.B. 2819 is to provide 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 It is the opinion of the committee that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, institution, or agency. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 2819 amends Section 25.025 (a), Tax Code, to provide that victims of family violence (as defined by Section 71.004 of the Family Code) may restrict public access to their home addresses if the perpetrator of the act of family violence against the victim has been convicted of a felony or Class A misdemeanor. EFFECTIVE DATE Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2003. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 2819 is a Legislative Council draft that makes non-substantive changes to the language of the original bill.