By: Patterson S.B. No. 91
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. An [To be eligible to serve on
1-11 the board of an appraisal district established for a county having
1-12 a population of at least 200,000 bordering a county having a
1-13 population of at least 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico, an
1-14 individual must be a member of the governing body or an elected
1-15 officer of a taxing unit entitled to vote on the appointment of
1-16 board members under this section. However, an] employee of a
1-17 taxing unit that participates in the district is not eligible to
1-18 serve on the board unless the individual is also a member of the
1-19 governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit that
1-20 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
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 Subsection (a), Section 6.03, Tax Code,
2-8 as amended by this Act.
2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.
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.