Bill Text: TX SB359 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Bill 359 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the selection of certain members of the board of directors of an appraisal district.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB359 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB359-Enrolled.html



	S.B. No. 359




	AN ACT
	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; [~~and~~]
	(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.


	______________________________
	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.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor