84R24744 TJB-D
 
  By: Vo H.B. No. 3739
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to preferred qualifications for serving on an appraisal
  review board or panel of the board that hears ad valorem tax
  protests concerning commercial real property in certain appraisal
  districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6.41, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (d-10) to read as follows:
         (d-10)  This subsection applies only to the board of an
  appraisal district established in a county with a population of 3.3
  million or more. In making appointments to the board, the local
  administrative district judge shall make every reasonable effort to
  appoint enough individuals with the following qualifications so
  that each board or panel hearing a protest that involves commercial
  real property has at least one member who was during the two-year
  period preceding the appointment:
               (1)  the owner of commercial real property;
               (2)  a licensed real estate broker or salesperson under
  Chapter 1101, Occupations Code, with commercial real estate
  experience;
               (3)  a state-licensed real estate appraiser under
  Chapter 1103, Occupations Code, with commercial real estate
  experience; or
               (4)  a property tax consultant registered under Chapter
  1152, Occupations Code, with commercial real estate experience.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.