1-1 By: Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Jackson) H.B. No. 834
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 1999;
1-3 May 3, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 13, 1999, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 13, 1999, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the qualifications of a member of the board of
1-10 directors of an appraisal district.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
1-13 follows:
1-14 (a) The appraisal district is governed by a board of
1-15 directors. Five directors are appointed by the taxing units that
1-16 participate in the district as provided by this section. If the
1-17 county assessor-collector is not appointed to the board, the county
1-18 assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting director. The county
1-19 assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if the board enters into
1-20 a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the commissioners court of
1-21 the county enters into a contract under Section 6.24(b). To be
1-22 eligible to serve on the board of directors, an individual other
1-23 than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director
1-24 must be a resident of the district and must have resided in the
1-25 district for at least two years immediately preceding the date the
1-26 individual takes office. An individual who is otherwise eligible
1-27 to serve on the board is not ineligible because of membership on
1-28 the governing body of a taxing unit. An [To be eligible to serve on
1-29 the board of an appraisal district established for a county having
1-30 a population of at least 200,000 bordering a county having a
1-31 population of at least 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico, an
1-32 individual other than a county assessor-collector serving as a
1-33 nonvoting director must be a member of the governing body or an
1-34 elected officer of a taxing unit entitled to vote on the
1-35 appointment of board members under this section. However, an]
1-36 employee of a taxing unit that participates in the district is not
1-37 eligible to serve on the board unless the individual is also a
1-38 member of the governing body or an elected official of a taxing
1-39 unit that participates in the district.
1-40 SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act in the
1-41 qualifications of members of the board of directors of an appraisal
1-42 district do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on a
1-43 board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue
1-44 to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's term. The
1-45 changes in law apply only to a member appointed on or after the
1-46 effective date of this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person
1-47 who is a member of the board on the effective date of this Act from
1-48 being reappointed to the board if the person has the qualifications
1-49 required for a member under the Tax Code as amended by this Act.
1-50 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2000.
1-51 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-52 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-53 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-54 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-55 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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