The Comptroller of Public Accounts adopts amendments to §9.417, concerning property tax exemption for organizations engaged primarily in charitable activities, without changes to the proposed text as published in the December 12, 2003, issue of the Texas Register (28 TexReg 11088).

The amendment is adopted to amend the model exemption application form to implement House Bill 500, 78th Legislature, effective September 1, 2003, which requires the chief appraiser to keep confidential the driver's license number, personal identification number, or social security number provided on the exemption application except for disclosure to appraisal office employees who appraise property and as authorized by Tax Code §11.48(b), and to implement House Bill 2416, 78th Legislature, effective September 1, 2003, which provides exemption for an incomplete improvement for five years.

No comments were received regarding adoption of the amendments.

The amendments are adopted under Tax Code, §5.03, which requires the comptroller to adopt rules establishing the minimum standards for the administration and operation of an appraisal district, Tax Code, §5.07, which requires the comptroller to prescribe the contents and form for the administration of the property tax system, and Tax Code, §11.43(f), which requires the comptroller to prescribe the contents and form for each kind of property tax exemption.

The amendments implement Tax Code, Chapter 11, Subchapter B, §11.184.