bill to let you run the appraisal district’s own software

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90R1431 RDS-D

By: Dorazio
H.B. No. 917

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public access to certain computer-assisted mass

appraisal systems used by appraisal districts to determine the

appraised value of a property.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by

adding Section 6.18 to read as follows:

Sec. 6.18. PUBLIC ACCESS TO COMPUTER-ASSISTED MASS

APPRAISAL SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "computer-assisted mass

appraisal system" means a software system that uses statistical or

geographic information, which may include sales grids or equity

grids, for the purpose of determining the appraised value of a

property using mass appraisal standards.

(b) This section applies only to an appraisal district that

uses a computer-assisted mass appraisal system to determine the

appraised value of property.

(c) The chief appraiser of an appraisal district shall

establish and maintain an online portal on the appraisal district's

Internet website, if the district maintains a website, and the

database required to be maintained by the district under Section

26.17, that allows a person to access and use the district's

computer-assisted mass appraisal system.

(d) The portal must allow a person to use all functions and

access all information that is available to the appraisal district

through the system, other than information that is confidential

under law.

SECTION 2. Section 26.17(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as

follows:

(c) The database must provide a link to:

(1) the Internet website used by each taxing unit in

which the property is located to post the information described by

Section 26.18; [ and ]

(2) the Internet database created by the chief

appraiser under Section 41.13 that contains information regarding

protest hearings conducted by the appraisal review board

established for the appraisal district ; and

(3) if applicable, the Internet portal created by the

chief appraiser under Section 6.18 that allows a person to access

the district's computer-assisted mass appraisal system .

SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the chief appraiser of each appraisal district to which

Section 6.18, Tax Code, as added by this Act, applies shall

establish the online portal required by that section.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.