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| 2 | 2 | | By: Otto H.B. No. 2314 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 annual training for certain members of the board of |
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| 8 | 8 | | directors of an 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. Chapter 5, Tax Code, is amended by adding Section |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5.043 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 5.043. TRAINING OF APPRAISAL DISTRICT DIRECTORS. (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | In this section, "open government training" means the courses of |
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| 14 | 14 | | training required of certain public officials by Sections |
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| 15 | 15 | | 551.005(b) and 552.012(d), Government Code. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The comptroller, with the assistance of one or more |
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| 17 | 17 | | commissions as defined by Section 391.002, Local Government Code, |
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| 18 | 18 | | shall develop an online training course for members of the board of |
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| 19 | 19 | | directors of an appraisal district. The training must provide |
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| 20 | 20 | | information relevant to the operation of an appraisal district and |
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| 21 | 21 | | its board of directors, including an overview of the property tax |
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| 22 | 22 | | system, a discussion of the duties and responsibilities of a board |
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| 23 | 23 | | of directors, and a description of the resources available to a |
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| 24 | 24 | | board. The comptroller shall make the training available on the |
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| 25 | 25 | | comptroller's Internet website. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) Each member of the board of directors of an appraisal |
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| 27 | 27 | | district must annually complete both the open government training |
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| 28 | 28 | | and the training described by Subsection (b). The appraisal |
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| 29 | 29 | | district shall conduct the training required by this section at the |
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| 30 | 30 | | first public meeting of the board during each calendar year. A |
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| 31 | 31 | | member of the board who does not complete the training at that |
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| 32 | 32 | | meeting must complete the training during regular business hours at |
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| 33 | 33 | | the main office of the appraisal district not later than the 30th |
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| 34 | 34 | | day after the date of that meeting. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d) A member of the board of directors who does not complete |
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| 36 | 36 | | the training in the time and manner prescribed by Subsection (c) is |
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| 37 | 37 | | ineligible to continue to serve on the board. A new board member |
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| 38 | 38 | | shall be elected in the manner prescribed by Section 6.03(l) to fill |
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| 39 | 39 | | the vacancy. A member elected to fill a vacancy must complete the |
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| 40 | 40 | | training required by Subsection (c) not later than the 30th day |
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| 41 | 41 | | after the date the member is elected or the member becomes |
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| 42 | 42 | | ineligible to continue to serve on the board and shall be replaced |
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| 43 | 43 | | as provided by this subsection. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (e) This section does not apply to a nonvoting member of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | board of directors of an appraisal district. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. The comptroller of public accounts shall make |
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| 47 | 47 | | available the training course required by Section 5.043, Tax Code, |
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| 48 | 48 | | as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 50 | 50 | | a member of the board of directors of an appraisal district |
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| 51 | 51 | | appointed or elected for a term that begins on or after January 1, |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2014. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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