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Amend CSHB 3 as follows:
(1) On page 9, after line 8, by adding the following
appropriately numbered section and renumbering the subsequent
sections accordingly:
Sec. 22.64. Confidential Information. (a) A sales price
disclosure report filed with a chief appraiser under this
subchapter is confidential and not open to public inspection. The
report and the information it contains may not be disclosed to
another person other than an employee of the appraisal district who
appraises property, except as provided by Subsection (b).
(b) Information that is confidential under Subsection (a)
may be disclosed:
(1) in a judicial or administrative proceeding under a
lawful subpoena;
(2) to a purchaser, grantee, seller, or grantor named
in the report or in the deed to which the report applies or to a
representative of the purchaser, grantee, seller, or grantor under
a written authorization signed by the purchaser, grantee, seller,
or grantor or otherwise to a state certified or licensed appraiser
under a written authorization signed by the purchaser, grantee,
seller, or grantor;
(3) to the comptroller or to an assessor for a taxing
unit in which the property described in the report is located;
(4) in a judicial or administrative proceeding related
to real property taxation:
(A) to which the purchaser, grantee, seller, or
grantor is a party;
(B) to which an owner of the property described in
the report is a party; or
(C) by the appraisal district for the purpose of
establishing a value of the property or of providing evidence of
comparable sales to appraise another property;
(5) for statistical purposes if the information is
provided in a form that does not identify a specific property or
specific purchaser, grantee, seller, or grantor;
(6) if and to the extent that the information is
required to be included in a public document or record that the
appraisal office is required to prepare or maintain; or
(7) to a taxing unit or its legal representative that
is engaged in the collection of delinquent taxes on the property
described in the report.
(c) Information that is disclosed under this section does
not lose its confidential character.
(d) A person, other than the purchaser, grantee, seller, or
grantor, who obtains a sales price disclosure report or information
from the report commits an offense if the person:
(1) discloses the report or information to a person who
is not authorized under this section to receive the report or
information; or
(2) permits such a person to view, read, or copy the
report or information.
(e) An offense under Subsection (d) is a Class B misdemeanor.
(f) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (d) that
the person who received information contained in the sales price
disclosure report obtained the information from:
(1) a purchaser, grantee, seller, or grantor of the
property described in the report; or
(2) a document or record other than the sales price
disclosure report.