87R11449 TJB-D
By: Krause H.B. No. 2403
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for selecting the members of the board of
directors of an appraisal district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.03, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (k) and adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows:
(k) Except as provided by Subsection (k-1), the [The]
governing body of each taxing unit entitled to vote shall determine
its vote by resolution and submit it to the chief appraiser before
December 15. The chief appraiser shall count the votes, declare the
five candidates who receive the largest cumulative vote totals
elected, and submit the results before December 31 to the governing
body of each taxing unit in the district and to the candidates. For
purposes of determining the number of votes received by the
candidates, the candidate receiving the most votes of the
conservation and reclamation districts is considered to have
received all of the votes cast by conservation and reclamation
districts and the other candidates are considered not to have
received any votes of the conservation and reclamation districts.
The chief appraiser shall resolve a tie vote by any method of
chance.
(k-1) This subsection applies only to an appraisal district
established in a county with a population of 120,000 or more. The
governing body of each taxing unit entitled to cast at least five
percent of the total votes must determine its vote by resolution
adopted at the first or second open meeting of the governing body
that is held after the date the chief appraiser delivers the ballot
to the presiding officer of the governing body. The governing body
must submit its vote to the chief appraiser not later than the third
day following the date the resolution is adopted.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the selection of members of the board of directors of an
appraisal district who are appointed for a term that begins on or
after January 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.