Bill Text: TX HB2250 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the selection and authority of the board of directors of an appraisal district in certain counties; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB2250 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2250-Introduced.html
88R1315 DRS-D | ||
By: Metcalf | H.B. No. 2250 |
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relating to the selection and authority of the board of directors of | ||
an appraisal district in certain counties; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
adding Sections 6.0301 and 6.0302 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 6.0301. ELECTED APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county | ||
that: | ||
(1) has a population of more than 400,000; and | ||
(2) is adjacent to a county with a population of more | ||
than 3.3 million and no other counties with a population of more | ||
than 300,000. | ||
(b) Sections 6.03, 6.031, 6.033, 6.034, 6.037, and 6.10 do | ||
not apply to an appraisal district established in a county to which | ||
this section applies. | ||
(c) The appraisal district established in a county to which | ||
this section applies is governed by a board of elected | ||
directors. One director is elected from each of the four | ||
commissioners precincts in the county in which the appraisal | ||
district is established and one director is elected at large from | ||
the county. The county assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting | ||
director. The county assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if | ||
the board enters into a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the | ||
commissioners court of the county enters into a contract under | ||
Section 6.24(b). The directors other than the county | ||
assessor-collector are elected at the general election for state | ||
and county officers and serve two-year terms beginning on January 1 | ||
of odd-numbered years. | ||
(d) To be eligible to serve on the board of directors of an | ||
appraisal district established in a county to which this section | ||
applies, an individual other than the county assessor-collector | ||
must: | ||
(1) be a resident of: | ||
(A) the commissioners precinct from which the | ||
office is elected, in the case of a director elected from a | ||
commissioners precinct; or | ||
(B) the county in which the appraisal district is | ||
established, in the case of a director elected at large; and | ||
(2) have resided in the appraisal district for at | ||
least two years immediately preceding the date the individual takes | ||
office. | ||
(e) A vacancy on the board of directors of an appraisal | ||
district established in a county to which this section applies, | ||
other than a vacancy in the position held by the county | ||
assessor-collector, is filled for the remainder of the unexpired | ||
term by appointment by the commissioners court of the county in | ||
which the appraisal district is established. An individual | ||
appointed to fill a vacancy on the board of directors must meet the | ||
qualifications of the vacated position. | ||
(f) If as a result of a change in the boundaries of a | ||
commissioners precinct an individual serving as a director no | ||
longer resides in the precinct from which the office is elected, the | ||
individual is not for that reason disqualified from office during | ||
the remainder of the term of office being served at the time the | ||
boundary change takes effect. If as a result of a change in the | ||
boundaries of a commissioners precinct an individual elected as a | ||
director before the boundary change to a term that begins after the | ||
boundary change no longer resides in the precinct from which | ||
elected, the individual is not for that reason disqualified from | ||
serving the term to which elected. | ||
(g) For an appraisal district established in a county to | ||
which this section applies, a reference in Sections 6.051, 6.06, | ||
6.061, and 6.063 to the taxing units entitled to vote on the | ||
appointment of members of the board of directors of the appraisal | ||
district means the taxing units that participate in the appraisal | ||
district. | ||
Sec. 6.0302. BALLOT PROCEDURES FOR APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD | ||
MEMBER; FILING FEE. (a) This section applies only to a member of | ||
the board of directors of an appraisal district required to be | ||
elected under Section 6.0301. | ||
(b) Except as provided by this section, Chapter 144, | ||
Election Code, applies to a candidate for the office of member of | ||
the board of directors of an appraisal district. | ||
(c) An application for a place on the ballot must be filed | ||
with the county judge of the county for which the appraisal district | ||
is established and be accompanied by a filing fee of $1,250. | ||
(d) A filing fee received under this section shall be | ||
deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the county general | ||
fund. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 6.036, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) An individual is not eligible to be a candidate for a | ||
position on the board of directors of an appraisal district | ||
established in a county to which Section 6.0301 applies if the | ||
individual or a business entity in which the individual has a | ||
substantial interest is a party to a contract described by | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 6.15(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a routine | ||
communication between the chief appraiser and the county | ||
assessor-collector that relates to the administration of an | ||
appraisal roll, including a communication made in connection with | ||
the certification, correction, or collection of an account, | ||
regardless of whether the county assessor-collector serves on [ |
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SECTION 4. (a) The directors of an appraisal district | ||
established in a county described by Section 6.0301, Tax Code, as | ||
added by this Act, shall be elected as provided by that section | ||
beginning with the general election conducted in 2024. Members | ||
then elected take office January 1, 2025. | ||
(b) The change in the manner of selection of appraisal | ||
district directors made by this Act for an appraisal district | ||
established in a county described by Section 6.0301, Tax Code, as | ||
added by this Act, does not affect the selection of directors who | ||
serve on the board of directors before January 1, 2025. | ||
(c) The term of an appraisal district director serving on | ||
December 31, 2024, in an appraisal district established in a county | ||
described by Section 6.0301, Tax Code, as added by this Act, expires | ||
on January 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this | ||
section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2025. | ||
(b) This section, Section 6.0302, Tax Code, as added by this | ||
Act, and Section 4 of this Act take effect September 1, 2023. |