Recent Court Opinions Updated : February 15, 2025 Rocksprings Val Verde Wind, LLC v. Casanova 2024 WL 5248451 (Tex. App. – San Antonio, December 31, 2024, no pet. hist.) (not reported) Issues: Expert testimony; intangible property The appraisal district appraised Rocksprings’s wind farm at $176M in 2018. In…
Read MoreThe 2025 Legislative session is under way. Many bills have already been filed. We have summarized the bills most likely to be of interest to ARBs. http://texasarb.com/uploads/files/A_2025_Bill_Summaries_2-18-25.pdf
Read MoreThe legislature has been meeting almost all year. The regular session early this year resullted in several bills being enacted. The first link will take you to our summaries of those bills. http://texasarb.com/uploads/files/2023_ARB_Summaries_11-20-23.pdf Nothing happened in the first special session. A couple of significant…
Read MoreAttorney General's Opinions Last updated - November 22, 2023 Opinion No. KP-0432 February 24, 2023 Issues: Appraisal district’s legal counsel Rene Montalvo was a lawyer in private practice in Starr County. His clients included the Starr County Appraisal District. Then he became the county attorney. He asked the…
Read MoreARB members often have to make many tough decisions in a day. Making decisions is more tiring that people think. I recommend this article from the New York Times. It starts by explaining why a parole board tends to be more lenient early in the day and tougher as the day wears on. ARB members may be subject to the same…
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