Amend CSHB 1030 (Senate committee report) by adding the 
following SECTION to the bill, appropriately numbered, and 
renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  (a) Sections 6.41(d), (e), and (f), Tax Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(d)  Members of the board are appointed by resolution of a 
majority of the appraisal district board of directors, except that 
the members of the board of an appraisal district established in a 
county with a population of 3.3 million or more or a county with a 
population of 350,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a 
population of 3.3 million or more are appointed by the county 
commissioners court in the county in which the appraisal district 
is established.  A vacancy on the board is filled in the same manner 
for the unexpired portion of the term.
	(e)  Members of the board hold office for terms of two years 
beginning January 1.  The appraisal district board of directors by 
resolution shall provide for staggered terms, so that the terms of 
as close to one-half of the members as possible expire each year.  
In making the initial or subsequent appointments, the board of 
directors or the county commissioners court, shall designate those 
members who serve terms of one year as needed to comply with this 
subsection.
	(f)  A member of the board may be removed from the board by a 
majority vote of the appraisal district board of directors that, or 
by the county commissioners court who, appointed the member.  
Grounds for removal are:
		(1)  a violation of Section 6.412, 6.413, 41.66(f), or 
41.69; or            
		(2)  good cause relating to the attendance of members 
at called meetings of the board as established by written policy 
adopted by a majority of the appraisal district board of directors.
	(b)  As soon as practicable on or after January 1, 2010, the 
local county commissioners court in each county with a population 
of 3.3 million or more and in each county with a population of 
350,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of 
3.3 million or more, in the manner provided by Section 6.41, Tax 
Code, as amended by this Act, shall appoint the members of the 
appraisal review board for the appraisal district established in 
the county.  In making the initial appointments, the county 
commissioners court shall designate those members who serve terms 
of one year as necessary to comply with Section 6.41(e), Tax Code, 
as amended by this Act.
	(c)  The term of a member if an appraisal review board 
established in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more and 
in each county with a population of 350,000 or more that is adjacent 
to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more serving on 
December 31, 2009, expires January 1, 2010.
	(d)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, this 
section takes effect January 1, 2010.