Amend HB 1229 (house committee report) as follows:                           

(1)  Strike page 1, lines 7-10, and substitute the following:
	(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 for an appraisal district established in a 
county with a population of 300,000 or more are appointed by order 
or resolution of the commissioners court of the county.  A vacancy 
on the board is filled in the same manner for
	(2)  Strike page 1, lines 16-18, and substitute the 
following:               

In making the initial or subsequent appointments, the board of 
directors or commissioners court, as applicable, shall designate 
those members who serve terms of one
	(3)  Strike page 1, lines 20-22, and substitute the 
following:               
	(f)  A member of the board may be removed from the board by a 
majority vote of the appraisal district board of directors or 
commissioners court that appointed the member.  Grounds
	(4)  Strike page 2, lines 5-13, and substitute the following:                  
	SECTION 2.  (a)  As soon as practicable on or after the 
effective date of this Act, the commissioners court of each county 
with a population of 300,000 or more shall in the manner provided by 
Section 6.41, Tax Code, as amended by this Act, appoint the members 
of the appraisal review board for the appraisal district 
established in the county.  In making the initial appointments, the 
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.
	(b)  The term of a member of an appraisal review board 
established in a county with a population of 300,000 or more serving 
on December 31, 2009, expires on January 1, 2010.