Bill Text: TX HB986 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of appraisal review board members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB986 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB986-Introduced.html
87R632 SMT-F | ||
By: Shine | H.B. No. 986 |
|
||
|
||
relating to the appointment of appraisal review board members. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 6.052(f), Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(f) The taxpayer liaison officer for an appraisal district | ||
described by Section 6.41(d-1)(1) [ |
||
providing clerical assistance to the local administrative district | ||
judge in the selection of appraisal review board members. The | ||
officer shall deliver to the local administrative district judge | ||
any applications to serve on the board that are submitted to the | ||
officer and shall perform other duties as requested by the local | ||
administrative district judge. The officer may not influence the | ||
process for selecting appraisal review board members. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 6.41(d), (d-1), and (d-9), Tax Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) In an appraisal district to which this subsection | ||
applies [ |
||
the board are appointed by resolution of a majority of the appraisal | ||
district board of directors. A vacancy on the board is filled in | ||
the same manner for the unexpired portion of the term. This | ||
subsection applies to: | ||
(1) an appraisal district established in a county with | ||
a population of less than 120,000 if the board of directors of the | ||
appraisal district does not elect to allow the local administrative | ||
district judge to appoint the members of the board as authorized by | ||
Subsection (d-1)(2); or | ||
(2) an appraisal district established in a county with | ||
a population of 120,000 or more if: | ||
(A) each member of the board of directors of the | ||
appraisal district other than the county assessor-collector serves | ||
as a member of the governing body of a taxing unit that participates | ||
in the appraisal district on the date the members of the board are | ||
appointed; and | ||
(B) the board of directors of the appraisal | ||
district by resolution elects to appoint the members of the board. | ||
(d-1) In an appraisal district to which this subsection | ||
applies, [ |
||
of the board are appointed by the local administrative district | ||
judge under Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Government Code, in the | ||
county in which the appraisal district is established. All | ||
applications submitted to the appraisal district or to the | ||
appraisal review board from persons seeking appointment as a member | ||
of the appraisal review board shall be delivered to the local | ||
administrative district judge. The appraisal district may provide | ||
the local administrative district judge with information regarding | ||
whether an applicant for appointment to or a member of the board | ||
owes any delinquent ad valorem taxes to a taxing unit participating | ||
in the appraisal district. This subsection applies to: | ||
(1) an appraisal district established in a county with | ||
a population of 120,000 or more if the board of directors of the | ||
appraisal district does not elect to appoint the members of the | ||
board as authorized by Subsection (d)(2); or | ||
(2) an appraisal district established in a county with | ||
a population of less than 120,000 if the board of directors of the | ||
appraisal district by resolution elects to allow the local | ||
administrative district judge to appoint the members of the board. | ||
(d-9) In selecting individuals who are to serve as members | ||
of the appraisal review board for an appraisal district described | ||
by Subsection (b-2), the local administrative district judge or the | ||
appraisal district board of directors, as applicable, shall select | ||
an adequate number of qualified individuals to permit the chairman | ||
of the appraisal review board to fill the positions on each special | ||
panel established under Section 6.425. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 6.412(d), Tax Code, is 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 with a | ||
population of 120,000 or more [ |
||
the person: | ||
(1) is a former member of the board of directors, | ||
former officer, or former employee of the appraisal district; | ||
(2) 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; | ||
(3) appeared before the appraisal review board for | ||
compensation during the two-year period preceding the date the | ||
person is appointed; or | ||
(4) served for all or part of three previous terms as a | ||
board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal review | ||
board. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 6.425(e), Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the chairman of the | ||
appraisal review board may appoint to a special panel described by | ||
this section a member of the appraisal review board who does not | ||
meet the qualifications prescribed by that subsection if: | ||
(1) the number of persons appointed to the board [ |
||
qualifications is not sufficient to fill the positions on each | ||
special panel; and | ||
(2) the board member being appointed to the panel | ||
holds a bachelor's degree in any field. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies only to the appointment of | ||
appraisal review board members for terms beginning on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. |