Bill Text: TX SB359 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the selection of certain members of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB359 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB359-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 359 |
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relating to the selection of certain members of the board of | ||
directors of an appraisal district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsections (c) and (e), Section 6.03, Tax Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Members of the board of directors other than a county | ||
assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director are appointed by | ||
vote of the governing bodies of the incorporated cities and towns, | ||
the school districts, the junior college districts, and, if | ||
entitled to vote, the conservation and reclamation districts that | ||
participate in the district and of the county. A governing body may | ||
cast all its votes for one candidate or distribute them among | ||
candidates for any number of directorships. Conservation and | ||
reclamation districts are not entitled to vote unless at least one | ||
conservation and reclamation district in the district delivers to | ||
the chief appraiser a written request to nominate and vote on the | ||
board of directors by June 1 of each odd-numbered year. On receipt | ||
of a request, the chief appraiser shall certify a list by June 15 of | ||
all eligible conservation and reclamation districts that are | ||
imposing taxes and that participate in the district. | ||
(e) The chief appraiser shall calculate the number of votes | ||
to which each taxing unit other than a conservation and reclamation | ||
district is entitled and shall deliver written notice to each of | ||
those units of its voting entitlement before October 1 of each | ||
odd-numbered year. The chief appraiser shall deliver the notice: | ||
(1) to the county judge and each commissioner of the | ||
county served by the appraisal district; | ||
(2) to the presiding officer of the governing body of | ||
each city or town participating in the appraisal district, to the | ||
city manager of each city or town having a city manager, and to the | ||
city secretary or clerk, if there is one, of each city or town that | ||
does not have a city manager; [ |
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(3) to the presiding officer of the governing body of | ||
each school district participating in the district and to the | ||
superintendent of those school districts; and | ||
(4) to the presiding officer of the governing body of | ||
each junior college district participating in the district and to | ||
the president, chancellor, or other chief executive officer of | ||
those junior college districts. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 6.031, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) If an appraisal district increases the number of | ||
members on the board of directors of the district or changes the | ||
method or procedure for appointing the members as provided by this | ||
section, the board of directors by resolution shall provide for the | ||
junior college districts that participate in the appraisal district | ||
to collectively participate in the selection of directors in the | ||
same manner as the school district that imposes the lowest total | ||
dollar amount of property taxes in the appraisal district among all | ||
of the school districts with representation in the appraisal | ||
district. A resolution adopted under this section is not subject to | ||
rejection by a resolution opposing the change filed with the board | ||
of directors by a taxing unit under Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to the selection of appraisal district directors for terms | ||
beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The change in law made by | ||
this Act does not affect the selection of appraisal district | ||
directors for terms beginning before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 359 passed the Senate on | ||
March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
May 21, 2013, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 22, 2013, House | ||
granted request of the Senate; May 26, 2013, Senate adopted | ||
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31, | ||
Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 359 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting; May 22, 2013, House granted request | ||
of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
May 26, 2013, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |