| 1 | 1 | | 82R5483 TJB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 975 |
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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 eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an |
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| 8 | 8 | | appraisal district. |
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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. Sections 6.412(d) and (e), Tax Code, are amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review |
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| 13 | 13 | | board of an appraisal district established for a county having a |
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| 14 | 14 | | population of more than 100,000 if the person: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) [if the person: |
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| 16 | 16 | | [(A) has served for all or part of three previous |
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| 17 | 17 | | terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal |
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| 18 | 18 | | review board; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | [(B)] is a former member of the board of |
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| 20 | 20 | | directors, former officer, or former employee of the appraisal |
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| 21 | 21 | | district; [or] |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) [if the person] served as a member of the governing |
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| 23 | 23 | | body or officer of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district |
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| 24 | 24 | | appraises property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the |
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| 25 | 25 | | person ceased to be a member or officer; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) [if the person] has ever appeared before the |
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| 27 | 27 | | appraisal review board for compensation. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (e) A [In an appraisal district established for a county |
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| 29 | 29 | | having a population of 100,000 or less, a] person who has served for |
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| 30 | 30 | | all or part of three consecutive terms as a board member [or |
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| 31 | 31 | | auxiliary board member] on an [the] appraisal review board is |
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| 32 | 32 | | ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board during a term that |
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| 33 | 33 | | begins on the next January 1 following the third of those |
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| 34 | 34 | | consecutive terms. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is repealed. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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