By:  Seliger                                                      S.B. No. 541


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to posting on the Internet information regarding certain 
residential property held by an appraisal district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 25, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Section 25.027 to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.027.  INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL 
PROPERTY.  (a)  Information in appraisal records may not be posted 
on the Internet if the information is a photograph, sketch, or floor 
plan of an improvement to real property that is designed primarily 
for use as a human residence.
	(b)  This section does not apply to an aerial photograph that 
depicts five or more separately owned buildings.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.