83R573 SMH-D
By: Orr H.B. No. 805
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. Section 6.412, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) 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]
(2) [(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.
(d-1) A person who has served as a member of the governing
body or officer of a taxing unit for which an appraisal district
appraises property is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review
board of the appraisal district until:
(1) the second anniversary of the date the person
ceased to be a member or officer, if the appraisal district is
established for a county having a population of more than 100,000
but not more than 250,000; or
(2) the fourth anniversary of the date the person
ceased to be a member or officer, if the appraisal district is
established for a county having a population of more than 250,000.
SECTION 2. 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.