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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to communications with appraisal review board members |
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outside of a proceeding before the board; providing a criminal |
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penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.66(f), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(f) A member of the appraisal review board may not |
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communicate with another person concerning: |
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(1) the evidence, argument, facts, merits, or any |
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other matters related to an owner's protest, except during the |
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hearing on the protest; [or] |
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(2) a property that is the subject of the protest, |
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except during a hearing on another protest or other proceeding |
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before the board at which the property is compared to other property |
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or used in a sample of properties; or |
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(3) a factual or hypothetical situation that is |
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substantially similar to a situation that is the subject of the |
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protest, except during the hearing on the protest. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before |
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the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
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before that date. |
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(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |