83R4802 TJB-D
 
  By: Otto H.B. No. 3446
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the distribution by the appraisal review board of an
  appraisal district of written opinions, memoranda, or analyses of
  law drafted by the attorney for the board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by
  adding Section 6.44 to read as follows:
         Sec. 6.44.  DISTRIBUTION BY BOARD OF LEGAL ANALYSES. (a)
  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the appraisal review board of
  an appraisal district may not distribute a written opinion,
  memorandum, or analysis of law drafted for the board by an attorney
  who serves as the legal counsel for the board to any person who is
  not a member of the board.
         (b)  An appraisal review board may distribute a document
  described by Subsection (a) to a person who is not a member of the
  board if the board:
               (1)  immediately makes the document available for
  public inspection by any person; and
               (2)  forwards the document not later than the next
  business day to the comptroller to be posted on the comptroller's
  Internet website.
         (c)  The comptroller shall post each document that the
  comptroller receives under this section on the comptroller's
  Internet website.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a written opinion, memorandum, or analysis of law distributed on
  or after the effective date of this Act. A written opinion,
  memorandum, or analysis of law distributed before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the document
  was distributed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.