Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3012 Compare Versions

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1		-	84R24952 CJC-F
2	1		By: Parker H.B. No. 3012
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3012:
4		-	By: Springer C.S.H.B. No. 3012
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7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to appraisal review boards; amending provisions subject to
10	7		a criminal penalty.
11	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	9		SECTION 1. Section 6.41, Tax Code, is amended by amending
13	10		Subsections (d-1), (d-6), and (i) and adding Subsection (d-10) to
14	11		read as follows:
15	12		(d-1) In a county with a population of 120,000 or more the
16	13		members of the board, including auxiliary board members, are
17	14		appointed by the local administrative district judge under
18	15		Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Government Code, in the county in which
19	16		the appraisal district is established. All applications submitted
20	17		to the appraisal district or to the appraisal review board from
21	18		persons seeking appointment as a member of the appraisal review
22	19		board shall be delivered to the local administrative district
23	20		judge. The appraisal district may provide the local administrative
24	21		district judge with information regarding whether an applicant for
25	22		appointment to or a member of the board owes any delinquent ad
26	23		valorem taxes to a taxing unit participating in the appraisal
27	24		district.
28	25		(d-6) An appraisal review board commissioner may [is] not
29	26		serve [disqualified from serving] as a member of the appraisal
30	27		review board.
31	28		(d-10) An individual is ineligible to serve on an appraisal
32	29		review board described by Subsection (d-1) if the individual has
33	30		served on the board for all or part of three previous terms.
34	31		(i) This subsection applies only to an appraisal district
35	32		described by Subsection (d-1). A chief appraiser or another
36	33		employee or agent of the appraisal district, a member of the
37	34		appraisal review board for the appraisal district, a member of the
38	35		board of directors of the appraisal district, a property tax
39	36		consultant, or an agent of a property owner commits an offense if
40	37		the person communicates with the local administrative district
41	38		judge or an appraisal review board commissioner regarding the
42	39		appointment of appraisal review board members. This subsection does
43	40		not apply to:
44	41		(1) a communication between a member of the appraisal
45	42		review board and the local administrative district judge regarding
46	43		the member's reappointment to the board;
47	44		(2) a communication between the taxpayer liaison
48	45		officer for the appraisal district and the local administrative
49	46		district judge in the course of the performance of the officer's
50	47		clerical duties so long as the officer does not offer an opinion or
51	48		comment regarding the appointment of appraisal review board
52	49		members; or
53	50		(3) a communication between a chief appraiser or
54	51		another employee or agent of the appraisal district, a member of the
55	52		appraisal review board for the appraisal district, or a member of
56	53		the board of directors of the appraisal district and the local
57	54		administrative district judge regarding information described by
58	55		Subsection (d-1) of this section or Section 411.1296, Government
59	56		Code.
60		-	SECTION 2. Section 6.42(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
61		-	follows:
62		-	(a) A majority of the appraisal review board constitutes a
63		-	quorum. The board may not take formal action at a meeting unless a
64		-	quorum of board members is present. The board [of directors of the
65		-	appraisal district] by resolution adopted by majority vote shall
66		-	select a chairman and a secretary from among its [the] members [of
67		-	the appraisal review board]. The board [of directors of the
68		-	appraisal district] is encouraged to select as chairman of the
69		-	[appraisal review] board a member of the [appraisal review] board,
70		-	if any, who has a background in law and property appraisal.
71		-	SECTION 3. Section 41.71, Tax Code, is amended to read as
	57	+	SECTION 2. Section 41.71, Tax Code, is amended to read as
72	58		follows:
73	59		Sec. 41.71. EVENING AND WEEKEND HEARINGS. An appraisal
74	60		review board by rule shall provide for hearings on protests in the
75	61		evening or on a Saturday [or Sunday]. The board may not schedule a
76	62		hearing on a protest on a Sunday.
77		-	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
	63	+	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
78	64		6.41, Tax Code, do not affect the right of a person serving on the
79	65		appraisal review board of an appraisal district on the effective
80	66		date of this Act to complete the person's term on the board.
81		-	SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act to Section
	67	+	SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section
82	68		41.71, Tax Code, applies only to a hearing on a protest under
83	69		Chapter 41, Tax Code, that is scheduled on or after the effective
84	70		date of this Act. A hearing on a protest under Chapter 41, Tax Code,
85	71		that is scheduled before the effective date of this Act is governed
86	72		by the law in effect on the date the hearing was scheduled, and that
87	73		law is continued in effect for that purpose.
88		-	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	74	+	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.