84R24744 TJB-D
By: Vo H.B. No. 3739
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3739:
By: Turner of Tarrant C.S.H.B. No. 3739
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to preferred qualifications for serving on an appraisal
review board or panel of the board that hears ad valorem tax
protests concerning commercial real property in certain appraisal
districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.41, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d-10) to read as follows:
(d-10) This subsection applies only to the board of an
appraisal district established in a county with a population of 3.3
million or more. In making appointments to the board, the local
administrative district judge shall make every reasonable effort to
appoint enough individuals with the following qualifications so
that each board or panel hearing a protest that involves commercial
real property has at least one member who was during the two-year
period preceding the appointment:
(1) the owner of commercial real property;
(2) a licensed real estate broker or salesperson under
Chapter 1101, Occupations Code, with commercial real estate
experience;
(3) a state-licensed real estate appraiser under
Chapter 1103, Occupations Code, with commercial real estate
experience; or
(4) a property tax consultant registered under Chapter
1152, Occupations Code, with commercial real estate experience.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.