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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an |
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appraisal district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 6.412(d) and (e), Tax Code, are amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) A person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review |
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board of an appraisal district established for a county having a |
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population of more than 100,000 if the person: |
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(1) [if the person:
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[(A)
has served for all or part of three previous
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terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal
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review board; or
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[(B)] is a former member of the board of |
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directors, former officer, or former employee of the appraisal |
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district; [or] |
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(2) [if the person] served as a member of the governing |
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body or officer of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district |
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appraises property, until the fourth anniversary of the date the |
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person ceased to be a member or officer; or |
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(3) [if the person] has ever appeared before the |
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appraisal review board for compensation. |
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(e) A [In an appraisal district established for a county
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having a population of 100,000 or less, a] person who has served for |
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all or part of three consecutive terms as a board member [or
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auxiliary board member] on an [the] appraisal review board is |
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ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board during a term that |
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begins on the next January 1 following the third of those |
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consecutive terms. |
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SECTION 2. Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |