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1 ~ ~ e e RESOLUTION NO. ~D~ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DEER PARK, TEXAS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. . By pass~ge of this resolution, the City Council of ~he City of Deer Park, Texas expressly adopts, validates and ratifies all previous actions taken by it concerning the formation of and the election of the members of the Board of Directors of the Harris County Tax Appraisal District. In the event that any court should declare that the previous actions taken by this City Council in the pass~ge of or pursuant to its previous resolution concerni~g the appointment of the Board of Directors of the Appraisal District of Harris County, Texas, the City Council of the City of Deer Park, Texas expressly resolves as follows: WHEREAS, the L~gislature of the State of Texas passed and the Governor 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 taxi~g units within the County by the following formula as set forth in Section 6.03(d): v= ~ X 1000 X 5 T v = The number of votes to which a taxing unit is entitled. u = The dollar amount of property taxes imposed by a taxing unit during 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 taxing 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 selecting members of the board; and