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1	1	By: Howard of Fort Bend (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 896
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
3	3	April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Intergovernmental Relations; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by
5	5	the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to auxiliary members of an appraisal review board.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Section 6.414 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 6.414. AUXILIARY APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS. (a)
15	15	The board of directors of an appraisal district by resolution of a
16	16	majority of the members may provide for a number of auxiliary
17	17	appraisal review board members that the board considers appropriate
18	18	to hear taxpayer protests before the appraisal review board and to
19	19	assist the board in performing its duties.
20	20	(b) An auxiliary board member is appointed in the same
21	21	manner and for the same term as an appraisal review board member
22	22	under Section 6.41 and is subject to the same eligibility
23	23	requirements and restrictions as a board member under Sections
24	24	6.41, 6.411, 6.412, and 6.413.
25	25	(c) An auxiliary board member may attend meetings of the
26	26	appraisal review board but may not vote in a determination made by
27	27	the board or serve as chairman or secretary of the board. An
28	28	auxiliary board member is not included in determining what
29	29	constitutes a quorum of the board or whether a quorum is present at
30	30	any meeting of the board.
31	31	(d) An auxiliary board member may hear taxpayer protests
32	32	before the appraisal review board. If one or more auxiliary board
33	33	members sit on a panel established under Section 41.45 to conduct a
34	34	protest hearing, the number of regular appraisal review board
35	35	members required by that section to constitute the panel is reduced
36	36	by the number of auxiliary board members sitting. An auxiliary
37	37	board member sitting on a panel is considered a regular board member
38	38	for all purposes related to the conduct of the hearing.
39	39	(e) An auxiliary board member is entitled to make a
40	40	recommendation to the appraisal review board regarding a protest
41	41	heard by the member but is not entitled to vote on the determination
42	42	of the protest by the board.
43	43	(f) An auxiliary board member is entitled to compensation as
44	44	provided by the appraisal district budget and is not entitled to a
45	45	per diem or reimbursement of expenses under Section 6.42(c).
46	46	(g) Except as provided by this section, in this title,
47	47	"appraisal review board member" includes an auxiliary appraisal
48	48	review board member.
49	49	SECTION 2. Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is amended to read
50	50	as follows:
51	51	(f) In this section, a reference to an auxiliary board
52	52	member includes [means] an appraisal review board auxiliary member
53	53	appointed under Section 6.411, as that law existed before January
54	54	1, 2002.
55	55	SECTION 3. Section 6.414, Tax Code, as added by this Act,
56	56	applies only to the appointment of an auxiliary member of an
57	57	appraisal review board for a term beginning on or after January 1,
58	58	2012.
59	59	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	60	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	61	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	62	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	63	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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