85R3205 SMT-F
 
  By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 1582
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of the requirement that appraisal
  review board members be appointed by the local administrative
  district judge.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6.41(d-1), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (d-1)  In a county with a population of 350,000 [120,000] or
  more the members of the board are appointed by the local
  administrative district judge under Subchapter D, Chapter 74,
  Government Code, in the county in which the appraisal district is
  established.  All applications submitted to the appraisal district
  or to the appraisal review board from persons seeking appointment
  as a member of the appraisal review board shall be delivered to the
  local administrative district judge.  The appraisal district may
  provide the local administrative district judge with information
  regarding whether an applicant for appointment to or a member of the
  board owes any delinquent ad valorem taxes to a taxing unit
  participating in the appraisal district.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The changes made to Section 6.41, Tax Code,
  by this Act apply only to the appointment of appraisal review board
  members to terms beginning on or after January 1, 2018. This Act
  does not affect the term of an appraisal review board member serving
  on December 31, 2017, if the member was appointed before January 1,
  2018, to a term that began before December 31, 2017, and expires
  December 31, 2018.
         (b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 6.41(i)
  and (j), Tax Code, apply only to an offense committed on or after
  the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose. For purposes of this subsection, an
  offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any
  element of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.