89R9366 PRL-F
By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2960
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuing education required in order for a person
to renew the person's agreement with the comptroller of public
accounts to serve as an arbitrator in an appeal through binding
arbitration of an appraisal review board order determining a
protest.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41A.061(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) To renew the person's agreement to serve as an
arbitrator, the person must:
(1) file a renewal application with the comptroller at
the time and in the manner prescribed by the comptroller;
(2) continue to meet the requirements provided by
Sections 41A.06(b)(1) and (4);
(3) during the preceding two years have completed at
least eight hours of continuing education in arbitration and
alternative dispute resolution procedures:
(A) offered by a university, college, real estate
trade association, or legal association; or
(B) included in a continuing legal education
course approved by the state bar or the supreme court; and
(4) complete a revised training program on property
tax law for the training and education of arbitrators established
under Section 5.043 not later than the 120th day after the date the
program is available to be taken if the comptroller:
(A) revises the program after the person is
included in the registry; and
(B) determines that the program is substantially
revised.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.