By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 326
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported adversely,
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 326 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an
appraisal district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 6.412(d) and (e), Tax Code, are amended
to read as follows:
(d) A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review
board of an appraisal district established for a county having a
population of more than 100,000 if the person:
(1) [if the person:
[(A) has served for all or part of three previous
terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal
review board; or
[(B)] is a former member of the board of
directors, former officer, or former employee of the appraisal
district; [or]
(2) [if the person] served as a member of the governing
body or officer of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district
appraises property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the
person ceased to be a member or officer; or
(3) [if the person] has ever appeared before the
appraisal review board for compensation.
(e) A [In an appraisal district established for a county
having a population of 100,000 or less, a] person who has served for
all or part of three consecutive terms as a board member [or
auxiliary board member] on an [the] appraisal review board is
ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board during a term that
begins on the next January 1 following the third of those
consecutive terms.
SECTION 2. Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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