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AN ACT
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relating to the presentation of evidence in appraisal review board |
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hearings on protests. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.45, Tax Code, is amended by amending |
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Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: |
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(h) Before the hearing on a protest or immediately after the |
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hearing begins, the chief appraiser and the property owner or the |
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owner's agent shall each provide the other with a copy of any |
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written material or material preserved on any portable device |
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designed to maintain an electronic, magnetic, or digital |
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reproduction of a document or image that the person intends to offer |
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or submit to the appraisal review board at the hearing. |
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(o) If the chief appraiser uses audiovisual equipment at a |
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hearing on a protest, the appraisal office shall provide |
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audiovisual equipment of the same general type, kind, and character |
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for use during the hearing by the property owner or the property |
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owner's agent. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1394 passed the Senate on |
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April 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1394 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |