By Talton H.B. No. 3365
76R8253 JD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition of the board of directors of an
1-3 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. In an appraisal district established for a county with
1-9 a population of less than 2.5 million, five [Five] directors are
1-10 appointed by the taxing units that participate in the district as
1-11 provided by this section. If the county assessor-collector is not
1-12 appointed to the board of an appraisal district for a county with a
1-13 population of less than 2.5 million, the county assessor-collector
1-14 serves as a nonvoting director. In an appraisal district
1-15 established for a county with a population of 2.5 million or more,
1-16 four directors are appointed by the taxing units that participate
1-17 in the district and the county assessor-collector is a nonvoting
1-18 director, unless ineligible under this subsection. The county
1-19 assessor-collector of any county is ineligible to serve if the
1-20 board enters into a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the
1-21 commissioners court of the county enters into a contract under
1-22 Section 6.24(b). To be eligible to serve on the board of
1-23 directors, an individual other than a county assessor-collector
1-24 serving as a nonvoting director must be a resident of the district
2-1 and must have resided in the district for at least two years
2-2 immediately preceding the date the individual takes office. An
2-3 individual who is otherwise eligible to serve on the board is not
2-4 ineligible because of membership on the governing body of a taxing
2-5 unit. To be eligible to serve on the board of an appraisal
2-6 district established for a county having a population of at least
2-7 200,000 bordering a county having a population of at least
2-8 2,000,000 and the Gulf of Mexico, an individual other than a county
2-9 assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director must be a member
2-10 of the governing body or an elected officer of a taxing unit
2-11 entitled to vote on the appointment of board members under this
2-12 section. However, an employee of a taxing unit that participates
2-13 in the district is not eligible to serve on the board unless the
2-14 individual is also a member of the governing body or an elected
2-15 official of a taxing unit that participates in the district. In an
2-16 appraisal district established for a county with a population of
2-17 2.5 million or more, an individual, other than the county
2-18 assessor-collector, who has served all or part of three terms as a
2-19 member of the board of directors of an appraisal district is
2-20 ineligible to serve on the board.
2-21 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-22 (b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
2-23 entitlement of a voting member serving on the board of directors of
2-24 the appraisal district established for a county with a population
2-25 of 2.5 million or more immediately before the effective date of
2-26 this Act to serve on the board for the remainder of the member's
2-27 term. If the board of directors of the appraisal district includes
3-1 five voting members on the effective date of this Act, the first
3-2 vacancy occurring on the board after that date, including a vacancy
3-3 occurring at the end of a director's term, may not be filled in
3-4 order to reduce the number of voting members to the number required
3-5 by Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, as amended by this Act.
3-6 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.