80R7132 UM-F
 
  By: Hill H.B. No. 3193
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the circumstances under which an appraisal review board
hearing shall be closed to the public.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 41.66, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to read as
follows:
       (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), hearings
[Hearings] conducted as provided by this chapter are open to the
public.
       (d-1)  A hearing shall be closed to the public if:
             (1)  information made confidential under Section 22.27
or other law will be disclosed at the proceeding; and
             (2)  a party to the hearing requests that the hearing be
closed to the public.
       (d-2)  If the hearing is closed to the public as provided by
Subsection (d-1), any portion of the record of the hearing that
includes information made confidential under Section 22.27 or other
law is confidential and may be disclosed only in accordance with the
law governing the confidential information.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.