Amend CSHB 585 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 6, line 12, strike "Subsections (d-1) and (f)" and substitute "Subsections (d), (d-1), and (f)".

(2)  On page 6, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), members of the board are independent contractors of the appraisal district appointed by 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.

(3)  On page 6, line 17, between "are" and "appointed", insert "independent contractors of the appraisal district".

(4)  On page 7, strike lines 1-12 and substitute the following:

(f)  A member of the board serves at the pleasure [may be removed from the board by a majority vote] of the appraisal district board of directors[,] or [by] the local administrative district judge or the judge's designee, as applicable, that 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.]