By: Hall  S.B. No. 1029
         (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2019; March 7, 2019,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Property Tax;
  April 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
  Nays 0; April 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the eligibility of a person for appointment as an
  arbitrator in a binding arbitration of an appraisal review board
  order.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 41A.07(f), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (f)  A person is not eligible for appointment as an
  arbitrator under Subsection (a) if at any time during the preceding
  two [five] years, the person has:
               (1)  represented a person for compensation in a
  proceeding under this title in the appraisal district in which the
  property that is the subject of the appeal is located;
               (2)  served as an officer or employee of that appraisal
  district; or
               (3)  served as a member of the appraisal review board
  for that appraisal district.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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