85R2888 SMT-D
 
  By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1907
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the selection of the officers of an appraisal review
  board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6.42(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A majority of the appraisal review board constitutes a
  quorum.  The board [of directors of the appraisal district] by
  resolution shall select a chairman and a secretary from among its 
  [the] members [of the appraisal review board]. The board [of
  directors of the appraisal district] is encouraged to select as
  chairman [of the appraisal review board] a member of the [appraisal
  review] board, if any, who has a background in law and property
  appraisal.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.