SRC-SEW S.B. 337 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 337
77R1255 GJH-DBy: Madla
Intergovernmental Relations
2/28/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Section 6.02, Tax Code, allows for members of the board of
directors of an appraisal district other than a county assessor-collector
serving as a nonvoting director to be appointed by a vote of the governing
bodies of the incorporated cities and towns, the school districts, and, if
entitled to vote, the conservation and reclamation districts that
participate in the district and county.  However, the law does not allow
for a hospital district to have representation on the board.  As proposed,
S.B. 337 allows hospital districts to have representation on the board. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 6.03, Tax Code, by amending Subsections (c) and
(e) and adding Subsection (n), as follows: 

(c) Provides that members of the board of directors of an appraisal
district other than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting
director are appointed by the vote of the governing bodies of the
incorporated cities and towns, the school districts, and, if entitled to
vote, the conservation and reclamation districts and the hospital districts
that participate in the district and of the county. 

(e) Requires the chief appraiser to calculate the number of votes to which
each taxing unit other than a conservation and reclamation district is
entitled and to deliver written notice to the presiding officer of the
governing body of each hospital district participating in the district that
is entitled to vote of the hospital district's voting entitlement before
October 1 of each oddnumbered year. 

(n) Provides that a hospital district is entitled to vote only if the
hospital district is located in a county with a population of less than
20,000 that is designated in its entirety as a medically underserved area
by the Texas Department of Health and the total amount of property taxes
imposed in the district by the hospital district for the preceding tax year
is at least 10 percent of the sum of the total amount of property taxes
imposed in the district for that year by each taxing unit that participates
in the district. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2001.