HBA-GUM S.B. 1642 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1642
By: Nixon, Drew
Ways & Means
5/5/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, it is unclear whether orientation or training meetings held by
appraisal districts for appraisal review board members regarding certain
operations are open to the public.  S.B. 1642 establishes provisions
requiring that certain meetings of an appraisal review board be open to the
public. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 6.42, Tax Code, by adding Subsections (d) and
(e), as follows: 

(d)  Requires a meeting of an appraisal review board (board) held for the
purposes of educating, orienting, or training the board in appraisal
district or board operations to be open to the public.  Requires the board
to post notice of the meeting in a specified manner, and allocate a
reasonable amount of time for public input during the meeting. 

(e)  Provides that Subsection (d) does not apply to training and
educational courses supervised by the comptroller of public accounts under
Section 5.041 (Training of Appraisal Review Board Members) of this code.  

SECTION 2. Emergency clause. 
Effective date: upon passage.