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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the selection of certain members of the board of |
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directors of an appraisal district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 6.03(c) and (e), Tax Code, are amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Members of the board of directors other than a county |
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assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director are appointed by |
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vote of the governing bodies of the incorporated cities and towns, |
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the school districts, the junior college districts, and, if |
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entitled to vote, the conservation and reclamation districts that |
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participate in the district and of the county. A governing body may |
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cast all its votes for one candidate or distribute them among |
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candidates for any number of directorships. Conservation and |
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reclamation districts are not entitled to vote unless at least one |
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conservation and reclamation district in the district delivers to |
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the chief appraiser a written request to nominate and vote on the |
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board of directors by June 1 of each odd-numbered year. On receipt |
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of a request, the chief appraiser shall certify a list by June 15 of |
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all eligible conservation and reclamation districts that are |
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imposing taxes and that participate in the district. |
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(e) The chief appraiser shall calculate the number of votes |
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to which each taxing unit other than a conservation and reclamation |
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district is entitled and shall deliver written notice to each of |
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those units of its voting entitlement before October 1 of each |
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odd-numbered year. The chief appraiser shall deliver the notice: |
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(1) to the county judge and each commissioner of the |
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county served by the appraisal district; |
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(2) to the presiding officer of the governing body of |
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each city or town participating in the appraisal district, to the |
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city manager of each city or town having a city manager, and to the |
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city secretary or clerk, if there is one, of each city or town that |
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does not have a city manager; [and] |
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(3) to the presiding officer of the governing body of |
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each school district participating in the district and to the |
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superintendent of those school districts; and |
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(4) to the presiding officer of the governing body of |
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each junior college district participating in the district and to |
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the president, chancellor, or other chief executive officer of |
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those junior college districts. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the selection of appraisal district directors for terms |
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beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The change in law made by |
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this Act does not affect the selection of appraisal district |
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directors for terms beginning before that date. |
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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. |