By Eiland H.B. No. 650
75R756 JD-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, 1998.
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.