80R897 JPL-F
 
  By: Phillips H.B. No. 153
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disclosure by an appraisal district to a property owner
of information regarding the appraisal of the person's property,
including comparable sales information.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 25.195, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) to read as follows:
       (f)  If a property owner or the owner's designated agent
requests to inspect and copy appraisal records under Subsection (a)
or if at any time the owner or agent requests information relating
to sales of property similar to the property owner's property that
were used in the appraisal of the property owner's property, the
chief appraiser shall provide the owner with information relating
to not fewer than three sales of similar property used in the
appraisal of the property of the owner.
       (g)  If the owner or agent makes a request under Subsection
(a) and fewer than three sales of similar property were used in the
appraisal of the property or the appraisal was made without using
information relating to sales of similar property, the chief
appraiser shall provide the owner or agent with a statement to that
effect that includes as appropriate:
             (1)  information relating to each sale of similar
property that was used in the appraisal; or
             (2)  an explanation of the method other than the
comparable sales method used to appraise the property.
       (h)  If the owner or agent makes a request under Subsection
(a) in preparation for an appraisal review board hearing under
Chapter 41, the chief appraiser shall provide the owner or agent
with the information required by Subsection (g) or (h) not later
than the seventh day before the date scheduled for the hearing.
       (i)  For purposes of this section, the information provided
to a property owner or the property owner's designated agent
relating to a sale of property must include at least a general
description of the property, its location, and the sales price or
other consideration for the sale.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.