81R6850 SMH-D
 
  By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1229
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the appointment and removal of appraisal review board
  members.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 6.41(d), (e), and (f), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Members of the board are appointed by the county judge
  of the county in which the appraisal district is established
  [resolution of a majority of the appraisal district board of
  directors]. 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 county judge
  of the county in which the appraisal district is established [board
  of directors] 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
  the county judge of the county in which [a majority vote of] the
  appraisal district is established [board of directors]. 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 2.  (a) As soon as practicable on or after the
  effective date of this Act, the county judge of each county in which
  an appraisal district is established 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 district. In making
  the initial appointments, the county judge shall designate those
  members who serve terms of one year.
         (b)  The term of an appraisal review board member serving on
  December 31, 2009, expires on January 1, 2010.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.