** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Finance
S/C on Property Appraisal and Revenue Caps
TIME & DATE:
10:00 AM, Monday, June 16, 2008
PLACE:
E1.036 (Finance Room)
CHAIR:
Senator Tommy Williams
The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Property Appraisal and Revenue Caps
will meet on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in room E1.036 of the
Capitol Extension.  The Subcommittee will hear invited and public
testimony regarding Interim Charge #1:
Review the property tax appraisal system, including the following:
- the duties and responsibilities of chief appraisers and appraisal
districts;
- any abuses that occur in the appraisal process;
- the process of appointing the members of boards of directors of
appraisal districts;
-the impact of adding members to the board of directors of appraisal
districts who are not appointed by the taxing jurisdictions of the
district and methods for appointing these additional directors;
- the usefulness of information provided in a notice of appraised value;
- the impact of HB 1010, 80th Legislature, Regular Session, relating to
appraisal districts crossing county lines;
- any benefit from requiring more uniformity in appraisal standards used
by appraisal districts;
- any revisions to the property valuation appeal system that could reduce
the cost of dispute resolution;
- the likelihood of, and any associated benefit from, increased compliance
with the existing business personal property rendition law if chief
appraisers are given limited audit authority.
** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **