| 1 | 1 | | 86R10737 LHC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dean H.B. No. 3256 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the eligibility of an individual to be an employee of an |
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| 8 | 8 | | appraisal district or to serve on the board of directors of an |
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| 9 | 9 | | appraisal district. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of |
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| 14 | 14 | | directors. Five directors are appointed by the taxing units that |
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| 15 | 15 | | participate in the district as provided by this section. If the |
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| 16 | 16 | | county assessor-collector is not appointed to the board, the county |
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| 17 | 17 | | assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting director. The county |
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| 18 | 18 | | assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if the board enters into |
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| 19 | 19 | | a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the commissioners court of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the county enters into a contract under Section 6.24(b). To be |
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| 21 | 21 | | eligible to serve on the board of directors, an individual other |
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| 22 | 22 | | than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director |
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| 23 | 23 | | must be a resident of the district and must have resided in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | district for at least two years immediately preceding the date the |
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| 25 | 25 | | individual takes office. Except as provided by this subsection, an |
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| 26 | 26 | | [An] individual [who] is ineligible [otherwise eligible] to serve |
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| 27 | 27 | | on the board if the individual is an officer or employee [is not |
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| 28 | 28 | | ineligible because of membership on the governing body of a taxing |
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| 29 | 29 | | unit. An employee] of a taxing unit that participates in the |
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| 30 | 30 | | district [is not eligible to serve on the board unless the |
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| 31 | 31 | | individual is also a member of the governing body or an elected |
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| 32 | 32 | | official of a taxing unit that participates in the district]. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by |
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| 34 | 34 | | adding Section 6.054 to read as follows: |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 6.054. RESTRICTION ON EMPLOYMENT BY APPRAISAL |
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| 36 | 36 | | DISTRICT. An individual may not be employed by an appraisal |
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| 37 | 37 | | district if the individual is: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) an officer of a taxing unit that participates in |
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| 39 | 39 | | the appraisal district; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) an employee of a taxing unit that participates in |
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| 41 | 41 | | the appraisal district. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, as amended by this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act, does not affect the right of a person serving on the board of |
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| 44 | 44 | | directors of an appraisal district on the effective date of this Act |
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| 45 | 45 | | to complete the person's term on the board. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |
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