By: Flores S.B. No. 347
(Burrows)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for service on the board of directors of an
appraisal district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of
directors. Five directors are appointed by the taxing units that
participate in the district as provided by this section. If the
county assessor-collector is not appointed to the board, the county
assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting director. The county
assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if the board enters into
a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the commissioners court of
the county enters into a contract under Section 6.24(b). To be
eligible to serve on the board of directors, an individual other
than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director
must:
(1) be a resident of the district;
(2) [and must] have resided in the district for at
least two years immediately preceding the date the individual takes
office; and
(3) be an elected member of the governing body of a
taxing unit entitled to vote on the appointment of the district's
board members under this section. [An individual who is otherwise
eligible to serve on the board is not ineligible because of
membership on the governing body of a taxing unit. An employee of a
taxing unit that participates in the district is not eligible to
serve on the board unless the individual is also a member of the
governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit that
participates in the district.]
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the right of a person serving on the board of directors of an
appraisal district on the effective date of this Act to complete the
person's term on the board.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.