H.B. No. 3438 AN ACT relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 6.412(d), Tax Code, is 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: (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, officer, or 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 during the two-year period preceding the date the person is appointed. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3438 was passed by the House on May 8, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3438 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor