By Patterson                                           S.B. No. 751
       74R6282 SMH-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the qualifications of a member of the board of
    1-3  directors of an appraisal district.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
    1-6  follows:
    1-7        (a)  The appraisal district is governed by a board of five
    1-8  directors.  To be eligible to serve on the board of directors, an
    1-9  individual must be a resident of the district and must have resided
   1-10  in the district for at least two years immediately preceding the
   1-11  date the individual takes office.  An <To be eligible to serve on
   1-12  the board of an appraisal district established for a county having
   1-13  a population of at least 200,000 bordering a county having a
   1-14  population of at least 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico, an
   1-15  individual must be a member of the governing body or an elected
   1-16  officer of a taxing unit entitled to vote on the appointment of
   1-17  board members under this section.  However, an> employee of a
   1-18  taxing unit that participates in the district is not eligible to
   1-19  serve on the board unless the individual is also a member of the
   1-20  governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit that
   1-21  participates in the district.
   1-22        SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act in the
   1-23  qualifications of members of the board of directors of an appraisal
   1-24  district do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on a
    2-1  board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue
    2-2  to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's term.  The
    2-3  changes in law apply only to a member appointed on or after the
    2-4  effective date of this Act.  This Act does not prohibit a person
    2-5  who is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act from
    2-6  being reappointed to the board if the person has the qualifications
    2-7  required for a member under the Tax Code as amended by this Act.
    2-8        SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.
    2-9        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-10  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-11  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-12  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-13  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.