| 1 | 1 | | 81R6452 UM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Creighton H.B. No. 1548 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the qualifications of members of an appraisal district |
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| 8 | 8 | | board of directors. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 6.03, Tax Code, is amended by amending |
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| 11 | 11 | | Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of |
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| 14 | 14 | | directors. Five directors are appointed by the taxing units that |
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| 15 | 15 | | participate in the district as provided by this section. If the |
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| 16 | 16 | | county assessor-collector is not appointed to the board, the county |
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| 17 | 17 | | assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting director. The county |
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| 18 | 18 | | assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if the board enters into |
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| 19 | 19 | | a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the commissioners court of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the county enters into a contract under Section 6.24(b). |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a-1) Unless the commissioners court of the county has |
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| 22 | 22 | | adopted alternate eligibility requirements as provided by |
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| 23 | 23 | | Subsection (a-2), to [To] be eligible to serve on the board of |
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| 24 | 24 | | directors, an individual other than a county assessor-collector |
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| 25 | 25 | | serving as a nonvoting director must be a resident of the district |
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| 26 | 26 | | and must have resided in the district for at least two years |
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| 27 | 27 | | immediately preceding the date the individual takes office. An |
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| 28 | 28 | | individual who is otherwise eligible to serve on the board is not |
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| 29 | 29 | | ineligible because of membership on the governing body of a taxing |
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| 30 | 30 | | unit. An employee of a taxing unit that participates in the |
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| 31 | 31 | | district is not eligible to serve on the board unless the individual |
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| 32 | 32 | | is also a member of the governing body or an elected official of a |
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| 33 | 33 | | taxing unit that participates in the district. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a-2) The commissioners court of a county by resolution or |
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| 35 | 35 | | order may adopt alternate eligibility requirements for the board of |
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| 36 | 36 | | directors that require an individual serving on the board, other |
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| 37 | 37 | | than the county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director, |
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| 38 | 38 | | to be a resident of the district, to be an elected official of a |
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| 39 | 39 | | taxing unit that participates in the district, and to have resided |
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| 40 | 40 | | in the district for at least two years immediately preceding the |
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| 41 | 41 | | date the individual takes office. A change in the eligibility |
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| 42 | 42 | | requirements adopted under this subsection remains in effect until |
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| 43 | 43 | | rescinded by resolution or order of the commissioners court. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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| 45 | 45 | | affect the right of a person serving on the board of directors of an |
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| 46 | 46 | | appraisal district on the effective date of this Act to complete the |
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| 47 | 47 | | person's term on the board. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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