Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB986 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R632 SMT-F
2	2	By: Shine H.B. No. 986
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the appointment of appraisal review board members.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 6.052(f), Tax Code, is amended to read as
10	10	follows:
11	11	(f) The taxpayer liaison officer for an appraisal district
12	12	described by Section 6.41(d-1)(1) [6.41(d-1)] is responsible for
13	13	providing clerical assistance to the local administrative district
14	14	judge in the selection of appraisal review board members. The
15	15	officer shall deliver to the local administrative district judge
16	16	any applications to serve on the board that are submitted to the
17	17	officer and shall perform other duties as requested by the local
18	18	administrative district judge. The officer may not influence the
19	19	process for selecting appraisal review board members.
20	20	SECTION 2. Sections 6.41(d), (d-1), and (d-9), Tax Code,
21	21	are amended to read as follows:
22	22	(d) In an appraisal district to which this subsection
23	23	applies [Except as provided by Subsection (d-1)], the members of
24	24	the board are appointed by resolution of a majority of the appraisal
25	25	district board of directors. A vacancy on the board is filled in
26	26	the same manner for the unexpired portion of the term. This
27	27	subsection applies to:
28	28	(1) an appraisal district established in a county with
29	29	a population of less than 120,000 if the board of directors of the
30	30	appraisal district does not elect to allow the local administrative
31	31	district judge to appoint the members of the board as authorized by
32	32	Subsection (d-1)(2); or
33	33	(2) an appraisal district established in a county with
34	34	a population of 120,000 or more if:
35	35	(A) each member of the board of directors of the
36	36	appraisal district other than the county assessor-collector serves
37	37	as a member of the governing body of a taxing unit that participates
38	38	in the appraisal district on the date the members of the board are
39	39	appointed; and
40	40	(B) the board of directors of the appraisal
41	41	district by resolution elects to appoint the members of the board.
42	42	(d-1) In an appraisal district to which this subsection
43	43	applies, [a county with a population of 120,000 or more] the members
44	44	of the board are appointed by the local administrative district
45	45	judge under Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Government Code, in the
46	46	county in which the appraisal district is established. All
47	47	applications submitted to the appraisal district or to the
48	48	appraisal review board from persons seeking appointment as a member
49	49	of the appraisal review board shall be delivered to the local
50	50	administrative district judge. The appraisal district may provide
51	51	the local administrative district judge with information regarding
52	52	whether an applicant for appointment to or a member of the board
53	53	owes any delinquent ad valorem taxes to a taxing unit participating
54	54	in the appraisal district. This subsection applies to:
55	55	(1) an appraisal district established in a county with
56	56	a population of 120,000 or more if the board of directors of the
57	57	appraisal district does not elect to appoint the members of the
58	58	board as authorized by Subsection (d)(2); or
59	59	(2) an appraisal district established in a county with
60	60	a population of less than 120,000 if the board of directors of the
61	61	appraisal district by resolution elects to allow the local
62	62	administrative district judge to appoint the members of the board.
63	63	(d-9) In selecting individuals who are to serve as members
64	64	of the appraisal review board for an appraisal district described
65	65	by Subsection (b-2), the local administrative district judge or the
66	66	appraisal district board of directors, as applicable, shall select
67	67	an adequate number of qualified individuals to permit the chairman
68	68	of the appraisal review board to fill the positions on each special
69	69	panel established under Section 6.425.
70	70	SECTION 3. Section 6.412(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
71	71	follows:
72	72	(d) A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review
73	73	board of an appraisal district established for a county with a
74	74	population of 120,000 or more [described by Section 6.41(d-1)] if
75	75	the person:
76	76	(1) is a former member of the board of directors,
77	77	former officer, or former employee of the appraisal district;
78	78	(2) served as a member of the governing body or officer
79	79	of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district appraises
80	80	property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the person
81	81	ceased to be a member or officer;
82	82	(3) appeared before the appraisal review board for
83	83	compensation during the two-year period preceding the date the
84	84	person is appointed; or
85	85	(4) served for all or part of three previous terms as a
86	86	board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal review
87	87	board.
88	88	SECTION 4. Section 6.425(e), Tax Code, is amended to read as
89	89	follows:
90	90	(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the chairman of the
91	91	appraisal review board may appoint to a special panel described by
92	92	this section a member of the appraisal review board who does not
93	93	meet the qualifications prescribed by that subsection if:
94	94	(1) the number of persons appointed to the board [by
95	95	the local administrative district judge] who meet those
96	96	qualifications is not sufficient to fill the positions on each
97	97	special panel; and
98	98	(2) the board member being appointed to the panel
99	99	holds a bachelor's degree in any field.
100	100	SECTION 5. This Act applies only to the appointment of
101	101	appraisal review board members for terms beginning on or after the
102	102	effective date of this Act.
103	103	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.