85R3204 SMT-D By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 971 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of certain appraisal districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 6.412(e), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) A person who has served for all or part of three consecutive terms as a board member on an appraisal review board is ineligible to serve on the [appraisal review] board during a term that begins on the next January 1 following the third of those consecutive terms. The limitation prescribed by this subsection does not apply to a member of the appraisal review board of an appraisal district established for a county having a population of less than 100,000 if, at the time the board member's term expires, there is no person seeking appointment to the board who is eligible under this subchapter to serve on the board and who could fill that member's position on the board. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.