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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of information in ad valorem tax |
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appraisal records that identifies the home address of certain |
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judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a-1), Section |
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25.025, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "State judge" means: |
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(A) a judge, former judge, or retired judge of an |
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appellate court, a district court, a statutory probate court, a |
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constitutional county court, or a county court at law of this state; |
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(B) an associate judge appointed under Chapter |
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201, Family Code, or Chapter 54A, Government Code, or a retired |
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associate judge or former associate judge appointed under either |
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law [that chapter]; [or] |
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(C) a justice of the peace; |
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(D) a master, magistrate, referee, hearing |
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officer, or associate judge appointed under Chapter 54, Government |
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Code; or |
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(E) a municipal court judge. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |