By Green                                               H.B. No. 572
         77R762 SMH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of the board of directors of an appraisal
 1-3     district to adopt a policy relating to attendance at meetings or
 1-4     standards of conduct and to remove a director who violates the
 1-5     policy.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by
 1-8     adding Section 6.038 to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 6.038.  ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS; STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
1-10     (a)  An appraisal district board of directors may adopt a written
1-11     policy relating to:
1-12                 (1)  the attendance of directors at called meetings of
1-13     the board; or
1-14                 (2)  standards of conduct for directors.
1-15           (b)  A policy adopted under this section must be ratified by
1-16     a majority vote of the taxing units that are entitled to vote for
1-17     directors.  Each taxing unit is entitled to one vote.
1-18           (c)  A director may be removed from the board by a majority
1-19     vote of the board if the director violates a policy adopted and
1-20     ratified under this section.
1-21           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately.