Bill Text: TX SB1146 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain local officials to serve as the chief appraiser of an appraisal district or as the assessor for a taxing unit that operates an appraisal office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Left pending in committee [SB1146 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1146-Introduced.html

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86R7611 JES-F
By: Fallon S.B. No. 1146

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain local officials to serve as
the chief appraiser of an appraisal district or as the assessor for
a taxing unit that operates an appraisal office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.035, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) In a county with a population of more than 20,000, an
individual who is an elected or appointed officer of a taxing unit
located wholly or partly in the appraisal district established for
the county is disqualified from:
(1) employment as chief appraiser of the appraisal
district; or
(2) service as the assessor for a taxing unit that
performs the duties of the appraisal office for the appraisal
district pursuant to a contract under Section 6.05.
SECTION 2. An individual who on the effective date of this
Act is employed as a chief appraiser or is serving as the assessor
for a taxing unit that performs the duties of an appraisal office
pursuant to a contract under Section 6.05, Tax Code, and who would
be disqualified from serving in that position under Section
6.035(a-2), Tax Code, as added by this Act, must resign or be
removed from that position not later than December 31, 2019.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.