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