87R11449 TJB-D
 
  By: Krause H.B. No. 2403
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procedure for selecting the members of the board of
  directors of an appraisal district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6.03, Tax Code, is amended by amending
  Subsection (k) and adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows:
         (k)  Except as provided by Subsection (k-1), the [The]
  governing body of each taxing unit entitled to vote shall determine
  its vote by resolution and submit it to the chief appraiser before
  December 15. The chief appraiser shall count the votes, declare the
  five candidates who receive the largest cumulative vote totals
  elected, and submit the results before December 31 to the governing
  body of each taxing unit in the district and to the candidates. For
  purposes of determining the number of votes received by the
  candidates, the candidate receiving the most votes of the
  conservation and reclamation districts is considered to have
  received all of the votes cast by conservation and reclamation
  districts and the other candidates are considered not to have
  received any votes of the conservation and reclamation districts.
  The chief appraiser shall resolve a tie vote by any method of
  chance.
         (k-1)  This subsection applies only to an appraisal district
  established in a county with a population of 120,000 or more. The
  governing body of each taxing unit entitled to cast at least five
  percent of the total votes must determine its vote by resolution
  adopted at the first or second open meeting of the governing body
  that is held after the date the chief appraiser delivers the ballot
  to the presiding officer of the governing body. The governing body
  must submit its vote to the chief appraiser not later than the third
  day following the date the resolution is adopted.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the selection of members of the board of directors of an
  appraisal district who are appointed for a term that begins on or
  after January 1, 2022.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.