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 Section 6.411, Tax Code, is repealed.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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