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
1-8 directors. Five directors are appointed by the taxing units that
1-9 participate in the district as provided by this section. If the
1-10 county assessor-collector is not appointed to the board, the county
1-11 assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting director. The county
1-12 assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if the board enters into
1-13 a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the commissioners court of
1-14 the county enters into a contract under Section 6.24(b). To be
1-15 eligible to serve on the board of directors, an individual other
1-16 than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director
1-17 must be a resident of the district and must have resided in the
1-18 district for at least two years immediately preceding the date the
1-19 individual takes office. An individual who is otherwise eligible
1-20 to serve on the board is not ineligible because of membership on
1-21 the governing body of a taxing unit. An [To be eligible to serve on
1-22 the board of an appraisal district established for a county having
1-23 a population of at least 200,000 bordering a county having a
1-24 population of at least 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico, an
2-1 individual other than a county assessor-collector serving as a
2-2 nonvoting director must be a member of the governing body or an
2-3 elected officer of a taxing unit entitled to vote on the
2-4 appointment of board members under this section. However, an]
2-5 employee of a taxing unit that participates in the district is not
2-6 eligible to serve on the board unless the individual is also a
2-7 member of the governing body or an elected official of a taxing
2-8 unit that participates in the district.
2-9 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act in the
2-10 qualifications of members of the board of directors of an appraisal
2-11 district do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on a
2-12 board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue
2-13 to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's term. The
2-14 changes in law apply only to a member appointed on or after the
2-15 effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person
2-16 who is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act from
2-17 being reappointed to the board if the person has the qualifications
2-18 required for a member under the Tax Code as amended by this Act.
2-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2000.
2-20 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 834 was passed by the House on April
29, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 834 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor