79R4050 SMH-D
By: Riddle H.B. No. 1334
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of the members of an appraisal review
board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 6.41(b), (c), and (d), Tax Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) The board consists of three members. However, the
district board of directors by resolution of a majority of its
members may increase the size of the appraisal review board to the
number of members the board of directors considers appropriate.
The members are elected by the voters of the county for which the
district is established at the general election for state and
county officers and serve two-year terms beginning on January 1 of
odd-numbered years.
(c) To be eligible to serve on the board, an individual must
be a resident of the county for which the appraisal district is
established and must have resided in the county [district] for at
least two years.
(d) [Members of the board are appointed by resolution of a
majority of the appraisal district board of directors.] A vacancy
on the board is filled by appointment by the commissioners court of
the county for which the appraisal district is established [in the
same manner for the unexpired portion of the term].
SECTION 2. Section 6.412(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(d) A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review
board of an appraisal district established for a county having a
population of more than 100,000[:
[(1)] if the person:
(1) [(A) has served for all or part of three previous
terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal
review board; or
[(B)] is a former member of the board of
directors, officer, or employee of the appraisal district; [or]
(2) [if the person] served as a member of the governing
body or officer of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district
appraises property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the
person ceased to be a member or officer; or
(3) [if the person] has ever appeared before the
appraisal review board for compensation.
SECTION 3. Section 6.413(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) An individual is not eligible to be elected or appointed
to or to serve on the appraisal review board established for an
appraisal district if the individual or a business entity in which
the individual has a substantial interest is a party to a contract
with the appraisal district or with a taxing unit that participates
in the appraisal district.
SECTION 4. Section 52.092(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) District offices of the state government shall be listed
in the following order:
(1) member, State Board of Education;
(2) state senator;
(3) state representative;
(4) chief justice, court of appeals;
(5) justice, court of appeals;
(6) district judge;
(7) criminal district judge;
(8) family district judge;
(9) district attorney;
(10) criminal district attorney;
(11) appraisal review board member.
SECTION 5. Section 172.024(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The filing fee for a candidate for nomination in the
general primary election is as follows:
(1) United States senator $5,000
(2) office elected statewide, except United States
senator3,750
(3) United States representative 3,125
(4) state senator 1,250
(5) state representative 750
(6) member, State Board of Education 300
(7) chief justice or justice, court of appeals, other
than a justice specified by Subdivision (8)1,875
(8) chief justice or justice of a court of appeals that
serves a court of appeals district in which a county with a
population of more than 850,000 is wholly or partly situated2,500
(9) district judge or judge specified by Section
52.092(d) for which this schedule does not otherwise prescribe a
fee1,500
(10) district or criminal district judge of a court in
a judicial district wholly contained in a county with a population
of more than 850,0002,500
(11) judge, statutory county court, other than a judge
specified by Subdivision (12)1,500
(12) judge of a statutory county court in a county with
a population of more than 850,0002,500
(13) district attorney, criminal district attorney,
or county attorney performing the duties of a district
attorney1,250
(14) county commissioner, county clerk, sheriff,
county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, or judge,
constitutional county court:
(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
more1,250
(B) county with a population of under 200,000750
(15) justice of the peace or constable:
(A) county with a population of 200,000 or
more1,000
(B) county with a population of under 200,000375
(16) county surveyor, inspector of hides and animals,
or public weigher75
(17) office of the county government for which this
schedule does not otherwise prescribe a fee750
(18) appraisal review board member:
(A) county with a population of 250,000 or
more300
(B) county with a population of under 250,000100
SECTION 6. Sections 6.41(e) and (f) and 6.412(e) and (f),
Tax Code, are repealed.
SECTION 7. (a) Appraisal review board members shall be
elected under Section 6.41, Tax Code, as amended by this Act,
beginning with the primary and general elections conducted in 2006.
Members then elected take office January 1, 2007.
(b) The change in the manner of selection of appraisal
review board members made by Section 6.41, Tax Code, as amended by
this Act, does not affect the selection of members who serve on the
board before January 1, 2007.
(c) The term of an appraisal review board member serving on
December 31, 2006, expires January 1, 2007.
SECTION 8. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this
section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2007.
(b) This section and Sections 4, 5, and 7 of this Act take
effect September 1, 2005.