Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1062 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	84R11868 NC-D
2	2	By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1062
3	3
4	4
5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the registration and certification of county tax
8	8	assessor-collectors and their employees.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 1151.151, Occupations Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 1151.151. REGISTRATION REQUIRED; EXEMPTION. (a)
13	13	Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The] following persons
14	14	must register with the department:
15	15	(1) the chief appraiser of an appraisal district, an
16	16	appraisal supervisor or assistant, a property tax appraiser, an
17	17	appraisal engineer, and any other person authorized to render
18	18	judgment on, recommend, or certify an appraised value to the
19	19	appraisal review board of an appraisal district;
20	20	(2) a person who engages in appraisal of property for
21	21	ad valorem tax purposes for an appraisal district or a taxing unit;
22	22	(3) an assessor-collector, [other than a county
23	23	assessor-collector;
24	24	[(4)] a collector, or another person designated by a
25	25	governing body as the chief administrator of the taxing unit's
26	26	assessment functions, collection functions, or both; and
27	27	(4) [(5)] a person who performs assessment or
28	28	collection functions for a taxing unit and is required to register
29	29	by the chief administrator of the unit's tax office.
30	30	(b) A county tax assessor-collector or an employee of the
31	31	county tax assessor-collector is exempt from registration with the
32	32	department. A county tax assessor-collector may require an employee
33	33	to register under Section 1151.1515.
34	34	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 1151, Occupations Code, is
35	35	amended by adding Section 1151.1515 to read as follows:
36	36	Sec. 1151.1515. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. (a) An
37	37	employee of a county tax assessor-collector who is exempt from
38	38	registration under Section 1151.151(b) may register if the employee
39	39	satisfies the registration requirements of this chapter.
40	40	(b) An employee exempt from the registration requirements
41	41	of this chapter who elects to register or is required to register by
42	42	a county tax assessor-collector is subject to this chapter.
43	43	SECTION 3. Sections 1151.160(d) and (g), Occupations Code,
44	44	are amended to read as follows:
45	45	(d) A person registered as an assessor or
46	46	assessor-collector [other than a county assessor-collector] shall
47	47	become certified as a registered Texas assessor not later than the
48	48	fifth anniversary of the date of the person's original
49	49	registration.
50	50	(g) A registrant who has not obtained the certification
51	51	required by Subsection (c), (d), or (e) within the time required by
52	52	the applicable subsection is entitled to a one-year extension to
53	53	meet the certification requirements if:
54	54	(1) the applicant submits proof of active military
55	55	status performed after the date of the applicant's original
56	56	registration;
57	57	(2) the applicant submits proof of leave under the
58	58	federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. Section 2601
59	59	et seq.) taken after the date of the applicant's original
60	60	registration;
61	61	(3) the applicant submits proof of a death or illness
62	62	in the family or an unforeseen emergency occurring after the date of
63	63	the applicant's original registration that prevented the
64	64	registrant from meeting certification requirements;
65	65	(4) a county tax assessor-collector, chief appraiser,
66	66	chief administrative officer of a political subdivision, or other
67	67	person authorized by the commission by rule requests the extension
68	68	on behalf of an employee;
69	69	(5) the applicant requesting the extension is a chief
70	70	appraiser; or
71	71	(6) the applicant meets another reasonable
72	72	qualification for an extension established by the commission by
73	73	rule.
74	74	SECTION 4. Section 1151.003, Occupations Code, is repealed.
75	75	SECTION 5. (a) The Texas Commission of Licensing and
76	76	Regulation shall establish procedures and requirements for the
77	77	expedited reinstatement of a certification under Section 1151.160,
78	78	Occupations Code, held by an employee of a county tax
79	79	assessor-collector on June 13, 2013, and nullified by Chapter 429
80	80	(S.B. 546), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
81	81	(b) An employee of a county tax assessor-collector who was a
82	82	registrant under Chapter 1151, Occupations Code, on June 13, 2013,
83	83	and had not obtained the certification under Section 1151.160,
84	84	Occupations Code, on or before that date is entitled to a three-year
85	85	extension to be calculated from the fifth anniversary of the
86	86	applicable anniversary date of the person's original registration
87	87	described by Subsection (c), (d), or (e) of that section to meet the
88	88	certification requirements. This extension is in addition to the
89	89	one-year extension authorized under Section 1151.160(g),
90	90	Occupations Code, if the registrant qualifies for an extension
91	91	under that section.
92	92	(c) The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall
93	93	recognize and reinstate the highest pre-certification level
94	94	achieved by an employee of a county tax assessor-collector who was a
95	95	registrant under Chapter 1151, Occupations Code, on June 13, 2013,
96	96	and had not obtained the certification under Section 1151.160,
97	97	Occupations Code, on or before that date. The department shall
98	98	recognize all certification courses successfully completed by the
99	99	employee in the certification process.
100	100	(d) Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Commission of
101	101	Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to implement this
102	102	section.
103	103	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.