Bill Text: TX HB3284 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the certification of certain chief appraisers as registered Texas assessors; imposing a fee.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - No action taken in committee [HB3284 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3284-Introduced.html

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83R7782 EES-F
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3284

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of certain chief appraisers as
registered Texas assessors; imposing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1151.160, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The commission shall adopt rules to allow a person to
obtain certification as a registered Texas assessor without passing
a required certification examination if the person:
(1) is registered with the department;
(2) has worked as a chief appraiser for the 12 years
preceding the date the person applies to the department to obtain
certification as a registered Texas assessor; and
(3) pays a fee in an amount equal to three times the
annual registration fee paid by an assessor-collector.
SECTION 2. Section 1151.161(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 1151.160(j), the [The]
commission by rule shall require a registrant to pass one or more
examinations to be certified. The commission by rule shall ensure
that any examination required for certification is administered in
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.).
SECTION 3. The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation
shall adopt rules under Section 1151.160, Occupations Code, as
amended by this Act, not later than November 1, 2013.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.