78R3069 JD-D

By:  Noriega                                                      H.B. No. 597



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the ineligibility of an individual who serves on the 
board of trustees of a school district to serve on the board of 
directors of the district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 6.03(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as 
follows:        
	(a)  The appraisal district is governed by a board of 
directors.  Five directors are appointed by the taxing units that 
participate in the district as provided by this section.  If the 
county assessor-collector is not appointed to the board, the county 
assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting director.  The county 
assessor-collector is ineligible to serve if the board enters into 
a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the commissioners court of 
the county enters into a contract under Section 6.24(b).  To be 
eligible to serve on the board of directors, an individual other 
than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director 
must be a resident of the district and must have resided in the 
district for at least two years immediately preceding the date the 
individual takes office.  An individual who is otherwise eligible 
to serve on the board is not ineligible because of membership on the 
governing body of a taxing unit except that an individual who serves 
on the governing body of a school district that participates in the 
district is not eligible to serve on the board.  An employee of a 
taxing unit that participates in the district is not eligible to 
serve on the board unless the individual is also a member of the 
governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit that 
participates in the district.
	SECTION 2.  (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                       
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to the 
eligibility of a person to serve as an appraisal district director 
for a term that begins on or after January 1, 2004.  The change in 
law made by this Act does not affect the eligibility of a person to 
serve as an appraisal district director for a term that begins
before January 1, 2004.