By: Carona S.B. No. 650
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition of and membership on an appraisal
1-3 review board.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (e), Section 6.41, Tax Code,
1-6 are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The board consists of three members. However, the
1-8 district board of directors by resolution of a majority of its
1-9 members may increase the size of the appraisal review board to not
1-10 more than nine members or, in a district established for a county
1-11 with a population of at least 250,000, to not more than 40 [15]
1-12 members or, in a district established for a county with a
1-13 population of at least 500,000 [one million], to not more than 75
1-14 [30] members [or, in a district established for a county with a
1-15 population of at least 1,500,000, to not more than 45 members].
1-16 (e) Members of the board hold office for terms of two years
1-17 beginning January 1. The appraisal district board of directors by
1-18 resolution shall provide for staggered terms, so that the terms of
1-19 as close to one-half of the members as possible expire each year.
1-20 In making the initial or subsequent appointments, the board of
1-21 directors shall designate those members who serve terms of one year
1-22 as needed to comply with this subsection.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 6.412, Tax Code, is amended by adding
1-24 Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-25 (f) In this section, a reference to an auxiliary board
2-1 member means an appraisal review board auxiliary member appointed
2-2 under Section 6.411, as that law existed before January 1, 2002.
2-3 SECTION 3. Section 6.411, Tax Code, is repealed.
2-4 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002.