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1	1		By: Kerwin H.B. No. 1952
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4	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	7		AN ACT
6	8		relating to the composition of county appraisal district boards of
7	9		directors.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Section 6.03, Tax Code, is amended by amending
10	12		subsections (a-1), (b), (c), and (l), and adding subsection (l-1)
11	13		to read as follows:
12	14		Sec. 6.03. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN LESS POPULOUS COUNTIES.
13	15		(a) This section applies only to an appraisal district established
14	16		in a county with a population of less than 75,000.
15	17		(a-1) The appraisal district is governed by a board of
16	18		directors. Two[Five] directors are appointed by the taxing units
17	19		that participate in the district as provided by this section. Three
18	20		directors are elected by majority vote at the general election for
19	21		state and county officers by the voters of the county in which the
20	22		district is established. If the county assessor-collector is not
21	23		appointed to the board, the county assessor-collector serves as a
22	24		nonvoting director. The county assessor-collector is ineligible to
23	25		serve if the board enters into a contract under Section 6.05(b) or
24	26		if the commissioners court of the county enters into a contract
25	27		under Section 6.24(b). To be eligible to serve on the board of
26	28		directors, an individual other than a county assessor-collector
27	29		serving as a nonvoting director must be a resident of the district
28	30		and must have resided in the district for at least two years
29	31		immediately preceding the date the individual takes office. An
30	32		individual who is otherwise eligible to serve on the board is not
31	33		ineligible because of membership on the governing body of a taxing
32	34		unit. An employee of a taxing unit that participates in the district
33	35		is not eligible to serve on the board unless the individual is also
34	36		a member of the governing body or an elected official of a taxing
35	37		unit that participates in the district.
36	38		(b) Appointed m[M]embers of the board of directors other
37	39		than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director
38	40		serve staggered four-year[two-year] terms beginning on January 1 of
39	41		even-numbered years. Elected members of the board of directors
40	42		serve staggered four-year terms beginning on January 1 of every
41	43		other odd-numbered year.
42	44		(c) Appointed m[M]embers of the board of directors other
43	45		than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director
44	46		are appointed by vote of the governing bodies of the incorporated
45	47		cities and towns, the school districts, the junior college
46	48		districts, and, if entitled to vote, the conservation and
47	49		reclamation districts that participate in the district and of the
48	50		county. A governing body may cast all its votes for one candidate or
49	51		distribute them among candidates for any number of directorships.
50	52		Conservation and reclamation districts are not entitled to vote
51	53		unless at least one conservation and reclamation district in the
52	54		district delivers to the chief appraiser a written request to
53	55		nominate and vote on the board of directors by June 1 of each
54	56		odd-numbered year. On receipt of a request, the chief appraiser
55	57		shall certify a list by June 15 of all eligible conservation and
56	58		reclamation districts that are imposing taxes and that participate
57	59		in the district.
58	60		(l) If a vacancy occurs in an appointive position on the
59	61		board of directors other than a vacancy in the position held by a
60	62		county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director, each
61	63		taxing unit that is entitled to vote by this section may nominate by
62	64		resolution adopted by its governing body a candidate to fill the
63	65		vacancy. The unit shall submit the name of its nominee to the chief
64	66		appraiser within 45 days after notification from the board of
65	67		directors of the existence of the vacancy, and the chief appraiser
66	68		shall prepare and deliver to the board of directors within the next
67	69		five days a list of the nominees. The board of directors shall elect
68	70		by majority vote of its members one of the nominees to fill the
69	71		vacancy.
70	72		(l-1) If a vacancy occurs in an elective position on the
71	73		board of directors, the board of directors shall appoint by
72	74		majority vote of its members a person to fill the vacancy. A person
73	75		appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective position must have the
74	76		qualifications required of a director elected at a general
75	77		election.
76	78		SECTION 2. Section 6.0301(c), Tax Code, is amended to read
77	79		as follows:
78	80		Sec. 6.0301. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a)
79	81		This section applies only to an appraisal district established in a
80	82		county with a population of 75,000 or more.
81	83		(b) Sections 6.031, 6.034, and 6.10 do not apply to an
82	84		appraisal district to which this section applies.
83	85		(c) The appraisal district is governed by a board of nine
84	86		directors. Three[Five] directors are appointed by the taxing units
85	87		that participate in the district in the manner prescribed by
86	88		Section 6.03. Five[Three] directors are elected by majority vote at
87	89		the general election for state and county officers by the voters of
88	90		the county in which the district is established. The county
89	91		assessor-collector serves as an ex officio director.
90	92		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.