H.B. No. 326 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 Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is repealed.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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 326 was passed by the House on April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 326 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 326 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor