| 1 | 1 | | 87R5336 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Meyer H.B. No. 3585 |
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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 information regarding certain noncompliance by an |
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| 8 | 8 | | appraisal district in the Texas Department of Licensing and |
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| 9 | 9 | | Regulation records of a professional property tax appraiser serving |
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| 10 | 10 | | as chief appraiser for the district. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1151, Occupations Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 1151.109 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 1151.109. INFORMATION ON APPRAISAL DISTRICT |
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| 15 | 15 | | NONCOMPLIANCE. (a) The commission by rule shall require the |
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| 16 | 16 | | department to add a notation of noncompliance in the record of a |
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| 17 | 17 | | registered professional appraiser who is serving as chief appraiser |
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| 18 | 18 | | for an appraisal district that the department determines under |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 5.102(e), Tax Code, has failed to comply with the |
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| 20 | 20 | | comptroller's recommendations following a review of the district |
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| 21 | 21 | | under that section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) A local governmental entity may request from the |
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| 23 | 23 | | department information on a registered professional appraiser the |
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| 24 | 24 | | entity is considering for appointment as chief appraiser of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | entity's appraisal district. The department shall inform the |
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| 26 | 26 | | entity of a notation of noncompliance under Subsection (a) if the |
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| 27 | 27 | | appraiser during two or more previous reviews under Section 5.102, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Tax Code, served as chief appraiser of an appraisal district that |
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| 29 | 29 | | the department determined had failed to comply with the |
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| 30 | 30 | | comptroller's recommendations under that section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 32 | 32 | | of this Act, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall |
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| 33 | 33 | | adopt rules to implement Section 1151.109, Occupations Code, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | added by this Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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