Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2868 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R9935 SMT-D
2	2	By: Hefner H.B. No. 2868
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the adoption of the budget of an appraisal district.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 6.037, Tax Code, is amended to read as
10	10	follows:
11	11	Sec. 6.037. PARTICIPATION OF CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION
12	12	DISTRICTS IN APPRAISAL DISTRICT MATTERS. In this title, a
13	13	reference to the taxing units entitled to vote on the appointment of
14	14	appraisal district board members includes the conservation and
15	15	reclamation districts participating in the appraisal district,
16	16	without regard to whether the conservation and reclamation
17	17	districts are currently entitled to do so under Section 6.03(c). In
18	18	a provision of this title other than Section 6.03 or 6.031 that
19	19	grants authority to a majority or other number of the taxing units
20	20	entitled to vote on the appointment of appraisal district
21	21	directors, including [the disapproval of the appraisal district
22	22	budget under Section 6.06 and] the disapproval of appraisal
23	23	district board actions under Section 6.10, the conservation and
24	24	reclamation districts participating in the appraisal district are
25	25	given the vote or authority of one taxing unit. That vote or
26	26	authority is considered exercised only if a majority of the
27	27	conservation and reclamation districts take the same action to
28	28	exercise that vote or authority. Otherwise, the conservation and
29	29	reclamation districts are treated in the same manner as a single
30	30	taxing unit that is entitled to act but does not take any action on
31	31	the matter.
32	32	SECTION 2. Section 6.06(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
33	33	follows:
34	34	(b) The board of directors shall hold a public hearing to
35	35	consider the budget. The secretary of the board shall deliver to
36	36	the presiding officer of the governing body of each taxing unit
37	37	participating in the district not later than the 10th day before the
38	38	date of the hearing a written notice of the date, time, and place
39	39	fixed for the hearing. The board shall complete its hearings, make
40	40	any amendments to the proposed budget it desires, and [finally]
41	41	approve a proposed budget before September 15. The board shall
42	42	submit the proposed budget to each taxing unit entitled to vote on
43	43	the appointment of board members for final approval. Not later than
44	44	the 30th day after the date the proposed budget is submitted to the
45	45	taxing units, the governing body of each taxing unit entitled to
46	46	vote on the appointment of board members shall vote to approve or
47	47	disapprove the proposed budget. The budget does not take effect
48	48	unless the [If] governing bodies of a majority of the taxing units
49	49	entitled to vote on the appointment of board members vote to approve
50	50	the budget by that date. If the budget is not approved by that date,
51	51	[adopt resolutions disapproving a budget and file them with the
52	52	secretary of the board within 30 days after its adoption, the budget
53	53	does not take effect, and] the board shall adopt a new proposed
54	54	budget and submit the proposed budget to each taxing unit entitled
55	55	to vote on the appointment of board members within 30 days [of the
56	56	disapproval].
57	57	SECTION 3. Section 6.062(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as
58	58	follows:
59	59	(c) The notice must state that the appraisal district is
60	60	supported solely by payments from the local taxing units served by
61	61	the appraisal district. The notice must also contain the following
62	62	statement: "If approved by the appraisal district board of
63	63	directors at the public hearing and by the governing bodies of a
64	64	majority of the taxing units entitled to vote on the appointment of
65	65	members of the board of directors of the appraisal district, this
66	66	proposed budget will take effect [automatically unless disapproved
67	67	by the governing bodies of the county, school districts, cities,
68	68	and towns served by the appraisal district]. A copy of the proposed
69	69	budget is available for public inspection in the office of each of
70	70	those governing bodies."
71	71	SECTION 4. (a) This Act applies only to a proposed budget
72	72	of an appraisal district for which a public hearing is held under
73	73	Section 6.06(b), Tax Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the
74	74	effective date of this Act.
75	75	(b) A proposed budget for which a public hearing is held
76	76	before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
77	77	effect when the public hearing was held, and that law is continued
78	78	in effect for that purpose.
79	79	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.