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1	1	88R1315 DRS-D
2	2	By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2250
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the selection and authority of the board of directors of
8	8	an appraisal district in certain counties; authorizing a fee.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Sections 6.0301 and 6.0302 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 6.0301. ELECTED APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
13	13	IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county
14	14	that:
15	15	(1) has a population of more than 400,000; and
16	16	(2) is adjacent to a county with a population of more
17	17	than 3.3 million and no other counties with a population of more
18	18	than 300,000.
19	19	(b) Sections 6.03, 6.031, 6.033, 6.034, 6.037, and 6.10 do
20	20	not apply to an appraisal district established in a county to which
21	21	this section applies.
22	22	(c) The appraisal district established in a county to which
23	23	this section applies is governed by a board of elected
24	24	directors. One director is elected from each of the four
25	25	commissioners precincts in the county in which the appraisal
26	26	district is established and one director is elected at large from
27	27	the county. The county assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting
28	28	director. The county assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if
29	29	the board enters into a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the
30	30	commissioners court of the county enters into a contract under
31	31	Section 6.24(b). The directors other than the county
32	32	assessor-collector are elected at the general election for state
33	33	and county officers and serve two-year terms beginning on January 1
34	34	of odd-numbered years.
35	35	(d) To be eligible to serve on the board of directors of an
36	36	appraisal district established in a county to which this section
37	37	applies, an individual other than the county assessor-collector
38	38	must:
39	39	(1) be a resident of:
40	40	(A) the commissioners precinct from which the
41	41	office is elected, in the case of a director elected from a
42	42	commissioners precinct; or
43	43	(B) the county in which the appraisal district is
44	44	established, in the case of a director elected at large; and
45	45	(2) have resided in the appraisal district for at
46	46	least two years immediately preceding the date the individual takes
47	47	office.
48	48	(e) A vacancy on the board of directors of an appraisal
49	49	district established in a county to which this section applies,
50	50	other than a vacancy in the position held by the county
51	51	assessor-collector, is filled for the remainder of the unexpired
52	52	term by appointment by the commissioners court of the county in
53	53	which the appraisal district is established. An individual
54	54	appointed to fill a vacancy on the board of directors must meet the
55	55	qualifications of the vacated position.
56	56	(f) If as a result of a change in the boundaries of a
57	57	commissioners precinct an individual serving as a director no
58	58	longer resides in the precinct from which the office is elected, the
59	59	individual is not for that reason disqualified from office during
60	60	the remainder of the term of office being served at the time the
61	61	boundary change takes effect. If as a result of a change in the
62	62	boundaries of a commissioners precinct an individual elected as a
63	63	director before the boundary change to a term that begins after the
64	64	boundary change no longer resides in the precinct from which
65	65	elected, the individual is not for that reason disqualified from
66	66	serving the term to which elected.
67	67	(g) For an appraisal district established in a county to
68	68	which this section applies, a reference in Sections 6.051, 6.06,
69	69	6.061, and 6.063 to the taxing units entitled to vote on the
70	70	appointment of members of the board of directors of the appraisal
71	71	district means the taxing units that participate in the appraisal
72	72	district.
73	73	Sec. 6.0302. BALLOT PROCEDURES FOR APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD
74	74	MEMBER; FILING FEE. (a) This section applies only to a member of
75	75	the board of directors of an appraisal district required to be
76	76	elected under Section 6.0301.
77	77	(b) Except as provided by this section, Chapter 144,
78	78	Election Code, applies to a candidate for the office of member of
79	79	the board of directors of an appraisal district.
80	80	(c) An application for a place on the ballot must be filed
81	81	with the county judge of the county for which the appraisal district
82	82	is established and be accompanied by a filing fee of $1,250.
83	83	(d) A filing fee received under this section shall be
84	84	deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the county general
85	85	fund.
86	86	SECTION 2. Section 6.036, Tax Code, is amended by adding
87	87	Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
88	88	(a-1) An individual is not eligible to be a candidate for a
89	89	position on the board of directors of an appraisal district
90	90	established in a county to which Section 6.0301 applies if the
91	91	individual or a business entity in which the individual has a
92	92	substantial interest is a party to a contract described by
93	93	Subsection (a) of this section.
94	94	SECTION 3. Section 6.15(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as
95	95	follows:
96	96	(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a routine
97	97	communication between the chief appraiser and the county
98	98	assessor-collector that relates to the administration of an
99	99	appraisal roll, including a communication made in connection with
100	100	the certification, correction, or collection of an account,
101	101	regardless of whether the county assessor-collector serves on [was
102	102	appointed to] the board of directors of the appraisal district [or
103	103	serves as a nonvoting director].
104	104	SECTION 4. (a) The directors of an appraisal district
105	105	established in a county described by Section 6.0301, Tax Code, as
106	106	added by this Act, shall be elected as provided by that section
107	107	beginning with the general election conducted in 2024. Members
108	108	then elected take office January 1, 2025.
109	109	(b) The change in the manner of selection of appraisal
110	110	district directors made by this Act for an appraisal district
111	111	established in a county described by Section 6.0301, Tax Code, as
112	112	added by this Act, does not affect the selection of directors who
113	113	serve on the board of directors before January 1, 2025.
114	114	(c) The term of an appraisal district director serving on
115	115	December 31, 2024, in an appraisal district established in a county
116	116	described by Section 6.0301, Tax Code, as added by this Act, expires
117	117	on January 1, 2025.
118	118	SECTION 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this
119	119	section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2025.
120	120	(b) This section, Section 6.0302, Tax Code, as added by this
121	121	Act, and Section 4 of this Act take effect September 1, 2023.