Bill Text: TX SB1891 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on the appraisal review board of certain appraisal districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Local Government [SB1891 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1891-Introduced.html

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88R7514 MLH-F
By: Springer S.B. No. 1891

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on the appraisal
review board of certain appraisal districts.
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 (e) 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 if 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; or
(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].
(e) A person who has served for all or part of three
consecutive terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the
appraisal review board of an appraisal district established for a
county with a population of 120,000 or more 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.