81R6850 SMH-D
By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment and removal of appraisal review board
members.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 6.41(d), (e), and (f), Tax Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) Members of the board are appointed by the county judge
of the county in which the appraisal district is established
[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.
(e) Members of the board hold office for terms of two years
beginning January 1. The appraisal district board of directors by
resolution shall provide for staggered terms, so that the terms of
as close to one-half of the members as possible expire each year.
In making the initial or subsequent appointments, the county judge
of the county in which the appraisal district is established [board
of directors] shall designate those members who serve terms of one
year as needed to comply with this subsection.
(f) A member of the board may be removed from the board by
the county judge of the county in which [a majority vote of] the
appraisal district is established [board of directors]. Grounds
for removal are:
(1) a violation of Section 6.412, 6.413, 41.66(f), or
41.69; or
(2) good cause relating to the attendance of members
at called meetings of the board as established by written policy
adopted by a majority of the appraisal district board of directors.
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable on or after the
effective date of this Act, the county judge of each county in which
an appraisal district is established shall in the manner provided
by Section 6.41, Tax Code, as amended by this Act, appoint the
members of the appraisal review board for the district. In making
the initial appointments, the county judge shall designate those
members who serve terms of one year.
(b) The term of an appraisal review board member serving on
December 31, 2009, expires on January 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.