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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a member of an appraisal review board |
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of an appraisal district to perform the duties and functions of a |
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member. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 6.415 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 6.415. AFFIDAVIT OF BOARD MEMBER REQUIRED. A member of |
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an appraisal review board may not participate in a hearing |
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conducted by the board or perform any other action authorized or |
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required by law to be performed by a member of an appraisal review |
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board until the member has submitted to the chief appraiser of the |
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appraisal district for which the board is established an affidavit |
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signed by the member stating that the member has read, understands, |
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and will abide by: |
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(1) the current version of the comptroller's Appraisal |
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Review Board Manual; and |
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(2) any local procedural rules adopted to govern the |
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hearings or actions of the appraisal review board to which the |
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member has been appointed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a member of an appraisal review board who is appointed for a term |
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beginning on or after January 1, 2014. |
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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. |