| 1 | 1 | | By: Otto (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 361 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the agricultural advisory board of an appraisal |
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| 11 | 11 | | district. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Sections 6.12(b) and (d), Tax Code, are amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The [One of the] agricultural advisory board [members |
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| 16 | 16 | | must be a representative of the county agricultural stabilization |
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| 17 | 17 | | and conservation service, and the remainder of the] members must be |
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| 18 | 18 | | landowners of the district whose land qualifies for appraisal under |
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| 19 | 19 | | Subchapter C, D, E, or H, Chapter 23, and who have been residents of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the district for at least five years. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (d) The board shall meet at the call of the chief appraiser |
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| 22 | 22 | | at least once [three times] a year. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | qualifications of members of an agricultural advisory board does |
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| 25 | 25 | | not affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board |
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| 26 | 26 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to |
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| 27 | 27 | | carry out the board's functions for the remainder of the member's |
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| 28 | 28 | | term. The change in law applies only to a member appointed on or |
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| 29 | 29 | | after the effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a |
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| 30 | 30 | | person who is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act |
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| 31 | 31 | | from being reappointed to the board if the person has the |
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| 32 | 32 | | qualifications required for a member under Section 6.12, Tax Code, |
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| 33 | 33 | | as amended by this Act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 35 | 35 | | * * * * * |
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