| 1 | 1 | | By: Schatzline H.B. No. 4060 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to restrictions on eligibility to serve on the tax |
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| 7 | 7 | | appraisal district board of directors. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 6.035(a-1), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 10 | 10 | | as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a-1) An individual is ineligible to serve on the board of |
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| 12 | 12 | | directors of an appraisal district if the individual: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) has served as a member of the board of directors |
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| 14 | 14 | | for all or part of five terms, unless: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (A) the individual was the county |
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| 16 | 16 | | assessor-collector at the time the individual served as a board |
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| 17 | 17 | | member; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) the appraisal district is established in a |
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| 19 | 19 | | county with a population of less than 120,000; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) has engaged in the business of appraising property |
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| 21 | 21 | | for compensation for use in proceedings under this title at any time |
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| 22 | 22 | | during the preceding three years; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) has engaged in the business of representing |
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| 24 | 24 | | property owners for compensation in proceedings under this title in |
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| 25 | 25 | | the appraisal district at any time during the preceding three |
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| 26 | 26 | | years; [or] |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) has been an employee of the appraisal district at |
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| 28 | 28 | | any time during the preceding three years; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (5) resigned; or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (6) was recalled under Section 6.033. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. Section 33.035(a-1), Tax Code, as amended by |
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| 32 | 32 | | this Act applies to an individual's eligibility to serve on the |
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| 33 | 33 | | board of directors of an appraisal district before, on, or after the |
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| 34 | 34 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2023. |
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