By: Hancock S.B. No. 2452
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; March 25, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
May 1, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2025, sent
to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2452 By: Middleton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation of the chief appraiser of an appraisal
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.05(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(d) Except as provided by Section 6.0501, the chief
appraiser is entitled to compensation as provided by the budget
adopted by the board of directors. No portion of the [The] chief
appraiser's compensation may [not] be directly or indirectly linked
to the expectation of an increase in the total market, appraised, or
taxable value of property in the appraisal district. Except as
provided by Section 6.0501, the chief appraiser may employ and
compensate professional, clerical, and other personnel as provided
by the budget, with the exception of a general counsel to the
appraisal district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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