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i T e . RESOLUTION NUMBER 80-1 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. BY PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION, this governing..b~dy expressly adopts, validates and ratifies all previous actions taken by this body concerning the formation of and the election of the members of the Board of Directors of the . Harris County Tax Appraisal District. I IN THE EVENT that any court should declare that the previous actions I taken by this governing body in the passage of or pursuant to its previous : RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE APPRAI- . SAL DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, this governing body expressly resolves as follows: WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas passed and the Gover- nor signed into law Senate Bill 621 (the Property Tax Code) which relates to ad valorem taxation; and WHEREAS, said Property Tax Code provides for the creation of a central appraisal district within each County of the State; and said Code' further provides that said central appraisal district be governed by a five (5) member board which shall be elected by.the qualified voting taxing units within the County by the following formula as set forth in Section 6.03(d): u V = T x 1000 x 5 v = The number of votes to which a taxing unit is entitled. ~ u = The dollar amount of property taxes imposed by a taxing unit duri~g the preceding tax year. T = The sum of the total dollar amount of property taxes im- posed in the appraisal district for that year by each taxi~g unit that is entitled to vote. WHEREAS, Section 6.03(i) of the Property Tax Code provides that a majority of three-forths (3/4) of the qualified voting units within the County may change the number of members of the board or may change the method of" sele~ti~g members of the board; ~nd WHEREAS, Harris County is a large urban county containing in excess of fifty (50) taxing units, ninety-five {95%} percent of which are small in comparison to taxes levied by a few large units; and WHEREAS, the board size and method of selecting said board provides in Sect.ions 6.03(a) and (d) would not provide a fair and equitable board under the particular circumstances in Harris County; and WHEREAS, an expanded number of board members selected under a dif- ferent method would under the part.icular circumstances relevant to Harris County provide a broader and more equitable representation of all of the tax- ing units in Harris County. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS: THAT, under the authority granted by Section 6.03(i} the City of West University Place City Commission hereby elects to proceed with the selec- tion of the board of directors for the 'Harris County Appraisal District as set forth below: I. The number of directors which shall comprise the Board of Direc- tors of the Harris County Appraisal District shall be nine (9). ' II. The method of selecting the members of the board of directors shall be as follows: