Bill Text: TX HB805 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-18 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB805 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB805-Introduced.html
  83R573 SMH-D
 
  By: Orr H.B. No. 805
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an
  appraisal district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6.412, Tax Code, is amended by amending
  Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
         (d)  A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review
  board of an appraisal district established for a county having a
  population of more than 100,000 if the person:
               (1)  [if the person:
                     [(A)]  has served for all or part of three
  previous terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the
  appraisal review board; [or]
               (2) [(B)]  is a former member of the board of
  directors, officer, or employee of the appraisal district; or
               [(2)     if the person served as a member of the governing
  body or officer of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district
  appraises property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the
  person ceased to be a member or officer; or]
               (3)  [if the person] has ever appeared before the
  appraisal review board for compensation.
         (d-1)  A person who has served as a member of the governing
  body or officer of a taxing unit for which an appraisal district
  appraises property is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review
  board of the appraisal district until:
               (1)  the second anniversary of the date the person
  ceased to be a member or officer, if the appraisal district is
  established for a county having a population of more than 100,000
  but not more than 250,000; or
               (2)  the fourth anniversary of the date the person
  ceased to be a member or officer, if the appraisal district is
  established for a county having a population of more than 250,000.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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