H.B. No. 35

AN ACT relating to a prohibition on linking the compensation of the chief
appraiser of an appraisal district to an increase in the total value
of property in the 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) The chief appraiser is entitled to compensation as
provided by the budget adopted by the board of directors. The chief
appraiser’s compensation may not be directly or indirectly linked
to an increase in the total market, appraised, or taxable value of
property in the appraisal district. The chief appraiser [He] may
employ and compensate professional, clerical, and other personnel
as provided by the budget.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to a budget adopted by the board of directors of an appraisal
district on or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) A budget adopted by the board of directors of an
appraisal district before the effective date of this Act is covered
by the law in effect when the budget was adopted, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2007.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 35 was passed by the House on March
15, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 35 was passed by the Senate on May 10,
2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date

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Governor