By: Hancock  S.B. No. 2452
         (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; March 25, 2025, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
  May 1, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2025, sent
  to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2452 By:  Middleton
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the compensation of the chief appraiser of an appraisal
  district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6.05(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (d)  Except as provided by Section 6.0501, the chief
  appraiser is entitled to compensation as provided by the budget
  adopted by the board of directors. No portion of the [The] chief
  appraiser's compensation may [not] be directly or indirectly linked
  to the expectation of an increase in the total market, appraised, or
  taxable value of property in the appraisal district.  Except as
  provided by Section 6.0501, the chief appraiser may employ and
  compensate professional, clerical, and other personnel as provided
  by the budget, with the exception of a general counsel to the
  appraisal district.
         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, 2025.
 
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