| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to continuing education requirements for county tax |
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| 8 | 6 | | assessor-collectors. |
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| 9 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 6.231(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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| 11 | 9 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 10 | | (b) In addition to the requirement described by Subsection |
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| 13 | 11 | | (a), a county assessor-collector shall: |
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| 14 | 12 | | (1) successfully complete continuing education |
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| 15 | 13 | | courses on ethics and on the constitutional and statutory duties of |
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| 16 | 14 | | the county assessor-collector not later than the 90th day after the |
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| 17 | 15 | | date on which the county assessor-collector first takes office; and |
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| 18 | 16 | | (2) if the county assessor-collector assesses or |
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| 19 | 17 | | collects property taxes, successfully complete at least 40 hours of |
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| 20 | 18 | | continuing education courses on the assessment and collection of |
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| 21 | 19 | | property taxes, including a course dedicated to Chapter 26, not |
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| 22 | 20 | | later than the first anniversary of the date on which the county |
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| 23 | 21 | | assessor-collector first takes office. |
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| 24 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 25 | 23 | | to a county assessor-collector whose first term of office as county |
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| 26 | 24 | | assessor-collector begins on or after the effective date of this |
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| 27 | 25 | | Act. |
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| 28 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 31 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 929 passed the Senate on |
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| 34 | + | April 6, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 929 passed the House on May 4, |
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| 38 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, two present not |
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| 39 | + | voting. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | + | Approved: |
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| 43 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | + | Date |
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| 45 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | + | Governor |
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