S.B. No. 1896

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of information in ad valorem tax appraisal records that identifies the home address of certain judges.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a-1), Section 25.025, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:

(2) "State judge" means:

(A) a judge, former judge, or retired judge of an appellate court, a district court, a statutory probate court, a constitutional county court, or a county court at law of this state;

(B) an associate judge appointed under Chapter 201, Family Code, or Chapter 54A, Government Code, or a retired associate judge or former associate judge appointed under either law [that chapter]; [or]

(C) a justice of the peace;

(D) a master, magistrate, referee, hearing officer, or associate judge appointed under Chapter 54, Government Code; or

(E) a municipal court judge.

SECTION 2. 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, 2013.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1896 passed the Senate on April 29, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1896 passed the House on May 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor