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