H.B. No. 3532

AN ACT
relating to access to certain confidential information provided in
an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 11.48(a) and (b), Tax Code, are amended
to read as follows:
(a) A driver’s license number, personal identification
certificate number, or social security account number provided in
an application for an exemption filed with a chief appraiser is
confidential and not open to public inspection. The information
may not be disclosed to anyone other than an employee or agent of
the appraisal district [office] who appraises property or performs
appraisal services for the appraisal district, except as authorized
by Subsection (b).
(b) Information made confidential by this section may be
disclosed:
(1) in a judicial or administrative proceeding
pursuant to a lawful subpoena;
(2) to the person who filed the application or to the
person’s representative authorized in writing to receive the
information;
(3) to the comptroller and the comptroller’s employees
authorized by the comptroller in writing to receive the information
or to an assessor or a chief appraiser if requested in writing;
(4) in a judicial or administrative proceeding
relating to property taxation to which the person who filed the
application is a party; or
(5) if and to the extent the information is required to
be included in a public document or record that the appraisal
district [office] is required by law to prepare or maintain.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.