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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The chief appraiser of each appraisal district shall create and maintain a publicly available and searchable Internet database that contains information regarding protest hearings conducted by the appraisal review board established for the district.
(b) For each protest hearing conducted by the appraisal review board, the database must contain:
(1) the name of each board member who attended the hearing;
(2) the date and time of the hearing;
(3) the account number and category for the property that was the subject of the hearing;
(4) the appraised value according to the appraisal district and the property owner's asserted value of the property that was the subject of the hearing; and
(5) the board's determination of the protest, including the board's determination of the value of the property if the hearing was to consider a protest regarding appraised value.
(c) The chief appraiser shall update the database not later than October 1 of each year.
(d) Beginning on January 1, 2025, the database shall include information for protests relating to the most recent tax year and each tax year thereafter until the database includes information for protests relating to the most recent five tax years.
(e) Beginning on January 1, 2030, the database shall include information for protests relating to the previous five tax years.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Tax Code - TAX § 41.13. Protest Hearing Database - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/tax-code/tax-sect-41-13/
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