By: Patterson S.B. No. 751
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the qualifications of a member of the board of
1-2 directors of an appraisal district.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 6.03, Tax Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of five
1-7 directors. To be eligible to serve on the board of directors, an
1-8 individual must be a resident of the district and must have resided
1-9 in the district for at least two years immediately preceding the
1-10 date the individual takes office. To be eligible to serve on the
1-11 board of an appraisal district established for a county having a
1-12 population of at least 100,000 but not more than 200,000 bordering
1-13 the United Mexican States <a county having a population of at least
1-14 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico>, an individual must be a member
1-15 of the governing body or an elected officer of a taxing unit
1-16 entitled to vote on the appointment of board members under this
1-17 section. However, an employee of a taxing unit that participates
1-18 in the district is not eligible to serve on the board unless the
1-19 individual is also a member of the governing body or an elected
1-20 official of a taxing unit that participates in the district.
1-21 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act in the
1-22 qualifications of members of the board of directors of an appraisal
1-23 district do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on a
1-24 board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue
2-1 to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's term. The
2-2 changes in law apply only to a member appointed on or after the
2-3 effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person
2-4 who is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act from
2-5 being reappointed to the board if the person has the qualifications
2-6 required for a member under the Tax Code as amended by this Act.
2-7 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.
2-8 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.