1-1 By: Patterson S.B. No. 91
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 1996; January 14, 1997,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; February 6, 1997, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; February 6, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the qualifications of a member of the board of
1-9 directors of an appraisal district.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 6.03, Tax Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of five
1-14 directors. To be eligible to serve on the board of directors, an
1-15 individual must be a resident of the district and must have resided
1-16 in the district for at least two years immediately preceding the
1-17 date the individual takes office. An [To be eligible to serve on
1-18 the board of an appraisal district established for a county having
1-19 a population of at least 200,000 bordering a county having a
1-20 population of at least 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico, an
1-21 individual must be a member of the governing body or an elected
1-22 officer of a taxing unit entitled to vote on the appointment of
1-23 board members under this section. However, an] employee of a
1-24 taxing unit that participates in the district is not eligible to
1-25 serve on the board unless the individual is also a member of the
1-26 governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit that
1-27 participates in the district.
1-28 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act in the
1-29 qualifications of members of the board of directors of an appraisal
1-30 district do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on a
1-31 board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue
1-32 to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's term. The
1-33 changes in law apply only to a member appointed on or after the
1-34 effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person
1-35 who is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act from
1-36 being reappointed to the board if the person has the qualifications
1-37 required for a member under Subsection (a), Section 6.03, Tax Code,
1-38 as amended by this Act.
1-39 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.
1-40 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-41 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-42 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-43 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-44 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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