83R1570 DDT-D
 
  By: Eiland H.B. No. 1478
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the selection of certain members of the board of
  directors of an appraisal district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 6.03(c) and (e), Tax Code, are amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  Members of the board of directors other than a county
  assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director are appointed by
  vote of the governing bodies of the incorporated cities and towns,
  the school districts, the junior college districts, and, if
  entitled to vote, the conservation and reclamation districts that
  participate in the district and of the county. A governing body may
  cast all its votes for one candidate or distribute them among
  candidates for any number of directorships. Conservation and
  reclamation districts are not entitled to vote unless at least one
  conservation and reclamation district in the district delivers to
  the chief appraiser a written request to nominate and vote on the
  board of directors by June 1 of each odd-numbered year. On receipt
  of a request, the chief appraiser shall certify a list by June 15 of
  all eligible conservation and reclamation districts that are
  imposing taxes and that participate in the district.
         (e)  The chief appraiser shall calculate the number of votes
  to which each taxing unit other than a conservation and reclamation
  district is entitled and shall deliver written notice to each of
  those units of its voting entitlement before October 1 of each
  odd-numbered year. The chief appraiser shall deliver the notice:
               (1)  to the county judge and each commissioner of the
  county served by the appraisal district;
               (2)  to the presiding officer of the governing body of
  each city or town participating in the appraisal district, to the
  city manager of each city or town having a city manager, and to the
  city secretary or clerk, if there is one, of each city or town that
  does not have a city manager; [and]
               (3)  to the presiding officer of the governing body of
  each school district participating in the district and to the
  superintendent of those school districts; and
               (4)  to the presiding officer of the governing body of
  each junior college district participating in the district and to
  the president, chancellor, or other chief executive officer of
  those junior college districts.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the selection of appraisal district directors for terms
  beginning on or after January 1, 2014.  The change in law made by
  this Act does not affect the selection of appraisal district
  directors for terms beginning before that date.
         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.