Amend HB 2317 on third reading as follows:                                   
	(1)  Add the following sections to the bill, appropriately 
numbered, and renumber the subsequent sections of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  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 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 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 commissioners court, as applicable, 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 or by the 
commissioners court, as applicable.  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.
	SECTION ____.  (a) As soon as practicable on or after January 
1, 2010, 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.
	(2)  Strike Section 4 of the bill and substitute the 
following:              
	SECTION 4.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this 
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	(b)  Sections 6.41(d), (e), and (f), Tax Code, as amended by 
this Act, take effect January 1, 2010.