Bill Text: TX HB896 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to auxiliary members of an appraisal review board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB896 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB896-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to auxiliary members of an appraisal review board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB896 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB896-Engrossed.html
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| By: Howard of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 896 | |
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| relating to auxiliary members of an appraisal review board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 6.414 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 6.414. AUXILIARY APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS. (a) | ||
| The board of directors of an appraisal district by resolution of a | ||
| majority of the members may provide for a number of auxiliary | ||
| appraisal review board members that the board considers appropriate | ||
| to hear taxpayer protests before the appraisal review board and to | ||
| assist the board in performing its duties. | ||
| (b) An auxiliary board member is appointed in the same | ||
| manner and for the same term as an appraisal review board member | ||
| under Section 6.41 and is subject to the same eligibility | ||
| requirements and restrictions as a board member under Sections | ||
| 6.41, 6.411, 6.412, and 6.413. | ||
| (c) An auxiliary board member may attend meetings of the | ||
| appraisal review board but may not vote in a determination made by | ||
| the board or serve as chairman or secretary of the board. An | ||
| auxiliary board member is not included in determining what | ||
| constitutes a quorum of the board or whether a quorum is present at | ||
| any meeting of the board. | ||
| (d) An auxiliary board member may hear taxpayer protests | ||
| before the appraisal review board. If one or more auxiliary board | ||
| members sit on a panel established under Section 41.45 to conduct a | ||
| protest hearing, the number of regular appraisal review board | ||
| members required by that section to constitute the panel is reduced | ||
| by the number of auxiliary board members sitting. An auxiliary | ||
| board member sitting on a panel is considered a regular board member | ||
| for all purposes related to the conduct of the hearing. | ||
| (e) An auxiliary board member is entitled to make a | ||
| recommendation to the appraisal review board regarding a protest | ||
| heard by the member but is not entitled to vote on the determination | ||
| of the protest by the board. | ||
| (f) An auxiliary board member is entitled to compensation as | ||
| provided by the appraisal district budget and is not entitled to a | ||
| per diem or reimbursement of expenses under Section 6.42(c). | ||
| (g) Except as provided by this section, in this title, | ||
| "appraisal review board member" includes an auxiliary appraisal | ||
| review board member. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 6.412(f), Tax Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (f) In this section, a reference to an auxiliary board | ||
| member includes [ |
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| appointed under Section 6.411, as that law existed before January | ||
| 1, 2002. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 6.414, Tax Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to the appointment of an auxiliary member of an | ||
| appraisal review board for a term beginning on or after January 1, | ||
| 2012. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2011. | ||
