Tex. Tax Code § 41.05 — HEARING ON CHALLENGE

(a) On the filing of a challenge petition, the appraisal review board shall schedule a hearing on the challenge. (b) The taxing unit initiating the challenge and each taxing unit in which property involved in the challenge is or may be taxable are entitled to an opportunity to appear to offer evidence or argument. (c) The chief appraiser shall appear at each hearing to represent the appraisal office. (d) If the challenge relates to a taxable leasehold or other possessory interest in real property that is owned by this state or a political subdivision of this state, the attorney general or a representative of the state agency that owns the real property, if the real property is owned by this state, or a person designated by the political subdivision that owns the real property, as applicable, is entitled to appear at the hearing and offer evidence and argument. Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2303, ch. 841, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 416, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.