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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to continuing education requirements for county tax |
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assessor-collectors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.231(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) In addition to the requirement described by Subsection |
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(a), a county assessor-collector shall: |
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(1) successfully complete continuing education |
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courses on ethics and on the constitutional and statutory duties of |
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the county assessor-collector not later than the 90th day after the |
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date on which the county assessor-collector first takes office; and |
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(2) if the county assessor-collector assesses or |
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collects property taxes, successfully complete at least 40 hours of |
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continuing education courses on the assessment and collection of |
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property taxes, including a course dedicated to Chapter 26, not |
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later than nine months after the date on which the county |
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assessor-collector first takes office. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a county assessor-collector whose first term of office as county |
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assessor-collector begins on or after January 1, 2018. |
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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, 2017. |