87R19361 RDS-F
 
  By: Craddick H.B. No. 4315
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4315:
 
  By:  Guerra C.S.H.B. No. 4315
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain county assessor-collectors
  to serve on 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 (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a)  The appraisal district is governed by a board of
  directors. Five directors are appointed by the taxing units that
  participate in the district as provided by this section. If the
  county assessor-collector is not appointed to the board, the county
  assessor-collector serves as a nonvoting director. Except as
  provided by Subsection (a-1), the [The] county assessor-collector
  is ineligible to serve as a voting or nonvoting director if the
  board enters into a contract under Section 6.05(b) or if the
  commissioners court of the county enters into a contract under
  Section 6.24(b). To be eligible to serve on the board of directors,
  an individual other than a county assessor-collector serving as a
  nonvoting director must be a resident of the district and must have
  resided in the district for at least two years immediately
  preceding the date the individual takes office. An individual who
  is otherwise eligible to serve on the board is not ineligible
  because of membership on the governing body of a taxing unit. An
  employee of a taxing unit that participates in the district is not
  eligible to serve on the board unless the individual is also a
  member of the governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit
  that participates in the district.
         (a-1)  This subsection applies only to an appraisal district
  established in a county with a population of more than 100,000 in
  which is located a municipality with a population of more than
  100,000 and less than 150,000, at least part of which is also
  located in a county with a population of less than 5,000. If the
  county assessor-collector is appointed to the board of directors of
  the appraisal district, the county assessor-collector is eligible
  to serve as a voting director regardless of whether the board enters
  into a contract under Section 6.05(b) or the commissioners court of
  the county enters into a contract under Section 6.24(b).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.