81R8776 SMH-D
By: Villarreal H.B. No. 2317
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications and training of appraisal review
board members.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.041, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as
follows:
(a) The comptroller shall:
(1) approve curricula and provide materials for use in
training and educating members of an appraisal review board; and
(2) supervise a comprehensive course for training and
education of appraisal review board members and issue certificates
indicating course completion.
(e-1) In addition to the course established under
Subsection (a), the comptroller shall approve curricula and provide
materials for use in a continuing education course for members of an
appraisal review board. As soon as practicable after the beginning
of the second year of an appraisal review board member's term of
office, the member must successfully complete the course
established under this subsection. A person who fails to timely
complete the course established under this subsection may not be
reappointed to an additional term on the appraisal review board. If
the person is reappointed to an additional term on the appraisal
review board, the person must successfully complete the course
established under this subsection in each year the member continues
to serve.
(e-2) The comptroller may contract with service providers
to assist with the duties imposed under Subsection (e-1), but the
course required by that subsection may not be provided by an
appraisal district or a taxing unit. The comptroller may assess a
fee to recover a portion of the costs incurred for the continuing
education course, but the fee may not exceed $50 per person trained.
SECTION 2. Section 6.42(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) A majority of the appraisal review board constitutes a
quorum. The board shall elect a chairman and a secretary from its
members. The board is encouraged to elect as chairman a member, if
any, who has a background in law and property appraisal.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to continuing
education requirements under Section 5.041, Tax Code, applies only
to a term of office that expires on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.