88R8030 TJB-D
 
  By: Hancock S.B. No. 2415
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that certain appraisal districts maintain
  an Internet website and post certain information on the website.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by
  adding Section 6.17 to read as follows:
         Sec. 6.17.  INTERNET WEBSITE REQUIRED FOR POPULOUS
  DISTRICTS. An appraisal district established in a county with a
  population of 120,000 or more shall maintain an Internet website.
         SECTION 2.  Section 25.02, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  This subsection applies only to an appraisal district
  established in a county with a population of 120,000 or more.  The
  chief appraiser shall post on the appraisal district's Internet
  website the district's appraisal records, other than records that
  are confidential under law, and must continuously update the posted
  records to include any change in the appraised value of property.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.