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Senate Bill 359 |
Senate Author: Hinojosa |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Eiland |
Senate Bill 359 amends the Tax Code to include the governing bodies of junior college districts among the taxing units participating in an appraisal district that are entitled to vote for the appointment of members to the appraisal district's board of directors. The bill requires a chief appraiser, after calculating the number of votes to which each eligible taxing unit is entitled, to deliver to the presiding officer of the governing body of each participating junior college district and to each such junior college district's president, chancellor, or chief executive officer written notice of the number of votes to which the junior college district is entitled.
Senate Bill 359 requires the board of directors of an appraisal district by resolution, if the appraisal district increases the number of members on the district's board of directors or changes the method or procedure for appointing the members, to provide for the junior college districts that participate in the appraisal district to collectively participate in the selection of directors in the same manner as the school district that imposes the lowest total dollar amount of property taxes in the appraisal district among all of the school districts with representation in the appraisal district. The bill exempts such a resolution from being subject to rejection by a resolution opposing the change filed with the board of directors by a taxing unit participating in the district.