1-1 By: Goodman (Senate Sponsor - Harris of Tarrant) H.B. No. 610
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1993;
1-3 May 11, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Armbrister x
1-10 Leedom x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Madla x
1-14 Moncrief x
1-15 Patterson x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 Whitmire x
1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-21 AN ACT
1-22 relating to registration and continuing education requirements for
1-23 tax assessor-collectors.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. Article 8885, Revised Statutes, is amended by
1-26 adding Section 11A to read as follows:
1-27 Sec. 11A. EXCEPTION FOR OFFICER OF POPULOUS COUNTY. A tax
1-28 assessor-collector of a county with a population of 1,000,000 or
1-29 more, according to the most recent federal census, is exempt from
1-30 Section 11 of this Act.
1-31 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by
1-32 adding Section 6.235 to read as follows:
1-33 Sec. 6.235. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) During
1-34 each full term of office, a county assessor-collector of a county
1-35 with a population of 1,000,000 or more shall complete 64 or more
1-36 classroom hours of instruction that relate to the duties of the
1-37 office and that are accredited by the Board of Tax Professional
1-38 Examiners, the division of the office of comptroller with
1-39 responsibility for property taxes, the division of the Texas
1-40 Department of Transportation with responsibility for motor
1-41 vehicles, or the secretary of state as continuing education credits
1-42 for the office of county assessor-collector.
1-43 (b) A county assessor-collector of a county with a
1-44 population of 1,000,000 or more shall certify completion of the
1-45 requirements of Subsection (a) to the executive director of the
1-46 Board of Tax Professional Examiners.
1-47 (c) For the purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter
1-48 87, Local Government Code, "incompetency" in the case of a county
1-49 assessor-collector includes the failure to comply with the
1-50 requirements of this section.
1-51 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-52 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-53 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-54 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-55 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-56 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-57 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-58 * * * * *
1-59 Austin,
1-60 Texas
1-61 May 20, 1993
1-62 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-63 President of the Senate
1-64 Sir:
1-65 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
1-66 referred H.B. No. 610, have had the same under consideration, and I
1-67 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-68 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
2-1 Armbrister,
2-2 Chairman
2-3 * * * * *
2-4 WITNESSES
2-5 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 610.