Bill Text: TX HB2403 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for selecting the members of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2403 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2403-Introduced.html
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By: Krause | H.B. No. 2403 |
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relating to the procedure for selecting the members of the board of | ||
directors of an appraisal district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 6.03, Tax Code, is amended by amending | ||
Subsection (k) and adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows: | ||
(k) Except as provided by Subsection (k-1), the [ |
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governing body of each taxing unit entitled to vote shall determine | ||
its vote by resolution and submit it to the chief appraiser before | ||
December 15. The chief appraiser shall count the votes, declare the | ||
five candidates who receive the largest cumulative vote totals | ||
elected, and submit the results before December 31 to the governing | ||
body of each taxing unit in the district and to the candidates. For | ||
purposes of determining the number of votes received by the | ||
candidates, the candidate receiving the most votes of the | ||
conservation and reclamation districts is considered to have | ||
received all of the votes cast by conservation and reclamation | ||
districts and the other candidates are considered not to have | ||
received any votes of the conservation and reclamation districts. | ||
The chief appraiser shall resolve a tie vote by any method of | ||
chance. | ||
(k-1) This subsection applies only to an appraisal district | ||
established in a county with a population of 120,000 or more. The | ||
governing body of each taxing unit entitled to cast at least five | ||
percent of the total votes must determine its vote by resolution | ||
adopted at the first or second open meeting of the governing body | ||
that is held after the date the chief appraiser delivers the ballot | ||
to the presiding officer of the governing body. The governing body | ||
must submit its vote to the chief appraiser not later than the third | ||
day following the date the resolution is adopted. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to the selection of members of the board of directors of an | ||
appraisal district who are appointed for a term that begins on or | ||
after January 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |