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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on an appraisal |
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review board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.412(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) An individual is ineligible to serve on an appraisal |
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review board if the individual: |
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(1) is related within the second degree by |
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consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, |
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Government Code, to an individual who is engaged in the business of |
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appraising property for compensation for use in proceedings under |
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this title or of representing property owners for compensation in |
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proceedings under this title in the appraisal district for which |
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the appraisal review board is established; |
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(2) owns property on which delinquent taxes have been |
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owed to a taxing unit for more than 60 days after the date the |
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individual knew or should have known of the delinquency unless: |
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(A) the delinquent taxes and any penalties and |
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interest are being paid under an installment payment agreement |
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under Section 33.02; or |
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(B) a suit to collect the delinquent taxes is |
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deferred or abated under Section 33.06 or 33.065; [or] |
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(3) is related within the third degree by |
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consanguinity or within the second degree by affinity, as |
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determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to a member of the |
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appraisal district's board of directors; or |
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(4) is related within the first degree by |
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consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, |
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Government Code, to a member of the appraisal review board, |
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including an auxiliary appraisal review board member. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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affect the eligibility of a person serving on an appraisal review |
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board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue |
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to serve on the board for the term to which the member was |
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appointed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |