BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 751
                                                    By: Patterson
                                                          Finance
                                                         05-03-95
                                       Committee Report (Amended)
BACKGROUND

The board of the Galveston County Central Appraisal District is
made up of elected officials chosen from school boards and
municipalities within the county.  This system makes Galveston's 
board the only one in the State of Texas chosen this way.  All
other districts allow board members to be selected from persons who
have lived in the district for two years.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 751 amends the Tax Code by deleting the
eligibility requirements for a person to serve on the board of an
appraisal district for a county having a population of at least
100,000 but not more than 200,000 bordering the United Mexican
States while realigning Galveston County with other counties in
Texas.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, to provide that to be
eligible to serve on the board of an appraisal district for a
county having a population of at least 100,000 but not more than
200,000 bordering the United Mexican States, rather than a county
bordering a county with a population with at least two million and
the Gulf of Mexico, an individual must be a member of the governing
body or an elected body or an elected officer of a taxing unit
entitled to vote on board members under this section.

SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3. Effective date:  January 1, 1996.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.