By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1261
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as the chief
appraiser for an appraisal district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by
adding Section 6.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 6.054. RESTRICTION ON EMPLOYMENT AS CHIEF APPRAISER.
A person may not be employed as the chief appraiser for an appraisal
district if the person is an elected or appointed officer of a
taxing unit located wholly or partly in the appraisal district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.