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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board |
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hearing shall be closed to the public. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.66, Tax Code, is amended by amending |
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Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), hearings |
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[Hearings] conducted as provided by this chapter are open to the |
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public. |
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(d-1) A hearing shall be closed to the public if: |
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(1) information made confidential under Section 22.27 |
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or other law will be disclosed at the proceeding; and |
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(2) a party to the hearing requests that the hearing be |
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closed to the public. |
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(d-2) If the hearing is closed to the public as provided by |
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Subsection (d-1), any portion of the record of the hearing that |
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includes information made confidential under Section 22.27 or other |
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law is confidential and may be disclosed only in accordance with the |
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law governing the confidential information. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |