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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain local officials to serve as |
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the chief appraiser of an appraisal district or as the assessor for |
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a taxing unit that operates an appraisal office. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.035, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-2) In a county with a population of more than 20,000, an |
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individual who is an elected or appointed officer of a taxing unit |
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located wholly or partly in the appraisal district established for |
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the county is disqualified from: |
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(1) employment as chief appraiser of the appraisal |
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district; or |
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(2) service as the assessor for a taxing unit that |
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performs the duties of the appraisal office for the appraisal |
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district pursuant to a contract under Section 6.05. |
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SECTION 2. An individual who on the effective date of this |
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Act is employed as a chief appraiser or is serving as the assessor |
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for a taxing unit that performs the duties of an appraisal office |
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pursuant to a contract under Section 6.05, Tax Code, and who would |
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be disqualified from serving in that position under Section |
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6.035(a-2), Tax Code, as added by this Act, must resign or be |
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removed from that position not later than December 31, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |