Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2790 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/03/2021

                    87R8595 RDS-F
 By: Shaheen H.B. No. 2790


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the eligibility of a person 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(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 (d)  A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review
 board of an appraisal district established for a county described
 by Section 6.41(d-1) if the person:
 (1)  is a former member of the board of directors,
 former officer, or former employee of the appraisal district;
 (2)  served as a member of the governing body or officer
 of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district appraises
 property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the person
 ceased to be a member or officer;
 (3)  appeared before the appraisal review board for
 compensation during the two-year period preceding the date the
 person is appointed; or
 (4)  served for all or part of:
 (A)  three previous terms as a board member or
 auxiliary board member on the appraisal review board; or
 (B)  one previous term as a board member or
 auxiliary board member on the appraisal review board, if the
 appraisal district is established in a county with a population of
 one million or more.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
 affect the eligibility of a person serving on an appraisal review
 board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue
 to serve on the board for the term to which the member was
 appointed.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.