BILL ANALYSIS
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AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Under current law, a person is ineligible to serve on an appraisal review board of an appraisal district established for a county having a population of more than 100,000 persons if the person is a former member of the appraisal district's board of directors, a former officer, a former employee of the district or has served for all or part of three previous terms as a member of the appraisal review board.
H.B. 975 removes the restriction preventing a person who has served for all or part of three previous terms as a member of an appraisal review board of an appraisal district established for a county having a population of more than 100,000 from serving a subsequent term.
Individuals who serve on appraisal review boards are limited to three terms. Unfortunately, with a shortage of qualified individuals who are willing to serve, this limitation restricts some of the most qualified individuals from serving. This bill removes the three-term limitation.
H.B. 975 amends current law relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Sections 6.412(d) and (e), Tax Code, as follows:
(d) Provides that 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 if the person:
(1) is a former member of the board of directors, former officer, or former employee of the appraisal district;
(2) 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) has ever appeared before the appraisal review board for compensation.
Deletes existing text providing that 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 if the person has served for all or part of three previous terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal review board.
(e) Provides that a person, rather than a person in an appraisal district established for a county having a population of 100,000 or less, who has served for all or part of three consecutive terms as a board member, rather than as a board member or auxiliary board member, on an appraisal review board is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board during a term that begins on the next January 1 following the third of those consecutive terms.
SECTION 2. Repealer: Section 6.412(f) (relating to a reference to an auxiliary board member meaning an appointed appraisal review board auxiliary member), Tax Code.
SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2011.