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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disclosure by an appraisal district to a property owner |
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of information regarding the appraisal of the person's property, |
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including comparable sales information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.195, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) to read as follows: |
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(f) If a property owner or the owner's designated agent |
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requests to inspect and copy appraisal records under Subsection (a) |
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or if at any time the owner or agent requests information relating |
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to sales of property similar to the property owner's property that |
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were used in the appraisal of the property owner's property, the |
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chief appraiser shall provide the owner with information relating |
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to not fewer than three sales of similar property used in the |
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appraisal of the property of the owner. |
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(g) If the owner or agent makes a request under Subsection |
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(a) and fewer than three sales of similar property were used in the |
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appraisal of the property or the appraisal was made without using |
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information relating to sales of similar property, the chief |
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appraiser shall provide the owner or agent with a statement to that |
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effect that includes as appropriate: |
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(1) information relating to each sale of similar |
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property that was used in the appraisal; or |
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(2) an explanation of the method other than the |
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comparable sales method used to appraise the property. |
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(h) If the owner or agent makes a request under Subsection |
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(a) in preparation for an appraisal review board hearing under |
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Chapter 41, the chief appraiser shall provide the owner or agent |
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with the information required by Subsection (g) or (h) not later |
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than the seventh day before the date scheduled for the hearing. |
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(i) For purposes of this section, the information provided |
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to a property owner or the property owner's designated agent |
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relating to a sale of property must include at least a general |
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description of the property, its location, and the sales price or |
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other consideration for the sale. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |