HBA-DMD H.B. 931 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 931
By: Hawley
Ways & Means
3/11/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a former officer or employee of the appraisal district
or taxing unit, a former member of the board of directors of the appraisal
district, or a former member of the governing body of a taxing unit for
which the appraisal district appraises property is restricted from serving
on the appraisal review board (board). This has reduced the number of
eligible people to be available for service on the board in smaller and
rural counties. 

H.B. 931 establishes that a person is eligible to serve on the board of
directors of an appraisal district of a county with a population of 300,000
or less, if within 24 months prior to qualifying for the board, the person
was not an officer or employee of the appraisal district or taxing unit, a
member of the board of directors of the appraisal district, or a member of
the governing body of a taxing unit for which the appraisal district
appraises property. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 6.412(c), Tax Code, to provide that a person is
ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district
that was established for a county with a population of 300,000 or less if,
within the 24 months previous, the person served as an officer or employee
of the appraisal district or a taxing unit for which the appraisal district
appraises property, as a member of the board of directors of the appraisal
district, or as a member of the governing body of a taxing unit for which
the appraisal district appraises property.  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.