1-1     By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 650
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2001; February 13, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; March 14, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 14, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the composition of and membership on an appraisal
 1-9     review board.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsections (b) and (e), Section 6.41, Tax Code,
1-12     are amended to read as follows:
1-13           (b)  The board consists of three members.  However, the
1-14     district board of directors by resolution of a majority of its
1-15     members may increase the size of the appraisal review board to not
1-16     more than nine members or, in a district established for a county
1-17     with a population of at least 250,000, to not more than 40 [15]
1-18     members or, in a district established for a county with a
1-19     population of at least 500,000 [one million], to not more than 75
1-20     [30] members [or, in a district established for a county with a
1-21     population of at least 1,500,000, to not more than 45 members].
1-22           (e)  Members of the board hold office for terms of two years
1-23     beginning January 1.  The appraisal district board of directors by
1-24     resolution shall provide for staggered terms, so that the terms of
1-25     as close to one-half of the members as possible expire each year.
1-26     In making the initial or subsequent appointments, the board of
1-27     directors shall designate those members who serve terms of one year
1-28     as needed to comply with this subsection.
1-29           SECTION 2.  Section 6.412, Tax Code, is amended by adding
1-30     Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-31           (f)  In this section, a reference to an auxiliary board
1-32     member means an appraisal review board auxiliary member appointed
1-33     under Section 6.411, as that law existed before January 1, 2002.
1-34           SECTION 3.  Section 6.411, Tax Code, is repealed.
1-35           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2002.
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