By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 326
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
  April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 2013, reported adversely,
  with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
  Nays 0; May 10, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 326 By:  Nichols
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to eligibility to serve on the appraisal review board of an
  appraisal district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 6.412(d) and (e), Tax Code, are amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  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)  [if the person:
                     [(A)     has served for all or part of three previous
  terms as a board member or auxiliary board member on the appraisal
  review board; or
                     [(B)] is a former member of the board of
  directors, former officer, or former employee of the appraisal
  district; [or]
               (2)  [if the person] 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)  [if the person] has ever appeared before the
  appraisal review board for compensation.
         (e)  A [In an appraisal district established for a county
  having a population of 100,000 or less, a] person who has served for
  all or part of three consecutive terms as a board member [or
  auxiliary board member] on an [the] 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.  Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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