By Craddick H.B. No. 674
74R3283 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the eligibility of certain persons to serve as members
1-3 of an appraisal review board.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 6.41(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 (c) To be eligible to serve on the board, an individual must
1-8 be a resident of the district and must have resided in the district
1-9 for at least two years. A member of the appraisal district board
1-10 of directors or an officer or employee of the comptroller, the
1-11 appraisal office, or a taxing unit is ineligible to serve on the
1-12 board. An <In an appraisal district established for a county
1-13 having a population of more than 50,000, an individual who has
1-14 served for all or part of three previous terms on the appraisal
1-15 review board is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board.
1-16 In an appraisal district established for any other county,
1-17 an> individual who has served for all or part of three <two>
1-18 consecutive terms on the appraisal review board is ineligible to
1-19 serve on the appraisal review board during a term that begins on
1-20 the next January 1 following the third <second> of those
1-21 consecutive terms.
1-22 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act in the
1-23 qualifications for appointment of members of the board of directors
1-24 of an appraisal district do not affect the entitlement of a member
2-1 serving on a board immediately before the effective date of this
2-2 Act to continue to carry out the functions of the board for the
2-3 remainder of the member's term. The changes in law apply only to a
2-4 member appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. This
2-5 Act does not prohibit a person who is a member of a board on the
2-6 effective date of this Act from being reappointed to the board if
2-7 the person has the qualifications required for a member under the
2-8 Tax Code as amended by this Act.
2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.
2-10 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.