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  By: Otto H.B. No. 2203
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the pilot program authorizing a property owner to
  appeal to the State Office of Administrative Hearings certain
  appraisal review board determinations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2003.902, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 2003.902.  COUNTIES INCLUDED. The pilot program shall
  be implemented:
               (1)  in Bexar, Cameron, El Paso, Harris, Tarrant, and
  Travis Counties for a three-year period beginning with the ad
  valorem tax year that begins January 1, 2010; and
               (2)  in Collin, Denton, Fort Bend, Montgomery, and
  Nueces Counties for a one-year period beginning with the ad valorem
  tax year that begins January 1, 2012.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2003.912(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The determination:
               (1)  must include a determination of the appraised or
  market value, as applicable, of the property that is the subject of
  the appeal;
               (2)  must contain a brief analysis of the
  administrative law judge's rationale for and set out the key
  findings in support of the determination but is not required to
  contain a detailed discussion of the evidence admitted or the
  contentions of the parties;
               (3)  may include any remedy or relief a court may order
  under Chapter 42, Tax Code, in an appeal relating to the appraised
  or market value of property, including [other than] an award of
  attorney's fees under Section 42.29, Tax Code; and
               (4)  shall specify whether the appraisal district or
  the property owner is required to pay the costs of the hearing and
  the amount of those costs.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  2003.912, Government Code, applies only to an appeal filed under
  Subchapter Z, Chapter 2003, Government Code, on or after the
  effective date of this Act. An appeal filed under Subchapter Z,
  Chapter 2003, Government Code, before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law in effect when the appeal was filed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.