88R7074 SHH-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1349
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase,
  finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or
  finance the construction of improvements to real property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 6.051(a) and (b), Tax Code, are amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of directors of an appraisal district may
  purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property and may
  construct or finance the construction of improvements as necessary
  to establish and operate the appraisal office or a branch appraisal
  office.
         (b)  The acquisition or conveyance of real property or the
  construction or renovation of a building or other improvement by an
  appraisal district must be approved by the governing bodies of
  three-fourths of the taxing units entitled to vote on the
  appointment of board members. This subsection does not require
  approval by the taxing units of the financing of the acquisition of
  real property or the financing of the construction or renovation of
  a building or other improvement. The board of directors by
  resolution may propose a property transaction or other action for
  which this subsection requires approval of the taxing units. The
  chief appraiser shall notify the presiding officer of each
  governing body entitled to vote on the approval of the proposal by
  delivering a copy of the board's resolution, together with
  information showing the costs of other available alternatives to
  the proposal. On or before the 30th day after the date the
  presiding officer receives notice of the proposal, the governing
  body of a taxing unit by resolution may approve or disapprove the
  proposal. If a governing body fails to act on or before that 30th
  day or fails to file its resolution with the chief appraiser on or
  before the 10th day after that 30th day, the proposal is treated as
  if it were approved [disapproved] by the governing body.
         SECTION 2.  Section 6.051(b), Tax Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to a proposed property transaction or other
  action for which a chief appraiser sends notification under that
  subsection on or after the effective date of this Act.  A proposed
  property transaction or other action for which notification is sent
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the notification was sent, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.