Bill Text: TX HB975 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 975 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-11 - Left pending in committee [HB975 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB975-Comm_Sub.html

	82R5483 TJB-D

	By: Dutton	H.B. No. 975




	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. Sections 6.412(d) and (e), Tax Code, are amended

	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~~

	[~~(B)~~] is a former member of the board of

	directors, former officer, or former 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.

	(e) A [~~In an appraisal district established for a county~~

	~~having a population of 100,000 or less, a~~] person who has served for

	all or part of three consecutive terms as a board member [or

	~~auxiliary board member~~] on an [~~the~~] appraisal review board is

	ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board during a term that

	begins on the next January 1 following the third of those

	consecutive terms.

	SECTION 2. Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is repealed.

	SECTION 3. 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, 2011.