Bill Text: TX SB1908 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the selection of an arbitrator for purposes of an appeal through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board orders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Finance [SB1908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1908-Introduced.html
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| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1908 | |
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| relating to the selection of an arbitrator for purposes of an appeal | ||
| through binding arbitration of certain appraisal review board | ||
| orders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 41A.07, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) If the property owner proposes an arbitrator, the | ||
| appraisal district may not reject the arbitrator unless the | ||
| appraisal district files a complaint with the comptroller objecting | ||
| to the appointment of the arbitrator on the ground that the | ||
| arbitrator is not qualified to serve as an arbitrator under this | ||
| chapter. The comptroller shall investigate the complaint. Not | ||
| later than the seventh day after the date the appraisal district | ||
| files the complaint, the comptroller shall determine whether the | ||
| arbitrator is qualified to serve as an arbitrator under this | ||
| chapter. If the comptroller determines that the arbitrator is | ||
| qualified to serve as an arbitrator under this chapter, the | ||
| comptroller shall dismiss the complaint and the appraisal district | ||
| shall agree to the selection of the arbitrator proposed by the | ||
| property owner. If the comptroller determines that the arbitrator | ||
| is not qualified to serve as an arbitrator under this chapter, the | ||
| comptroller shall remove the arbitrator from the registry and the | ||
| parties shall attempt to select a different arbitrator from the | ||
| registry. The deadline for providing the notice described by | ||
| Subsection (b) is extended by the number of days required for the | ||
| comptroller to investigate and take action on a complaint filed | ||
| under this subsection. This subsection applies to a second | ||
| arbitrator proposed by the property owner in the same manner in | ||
| which it applies to the arbitrator initially proposed by the | ||
| property owner. The appraisal district may reject any subsequent | ||
| arbitrator proposed by the property owner without filing a | ||
| complaint with the comptroller. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an appeal through | ||
| binding arbitration under Chapter 41A, Tax Code, that is requested | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
