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... . '.'-.n~r"'- I' . ,.. ",. e e ~~:. , THE STATE OF TEXAS I I COUNTY OF HARRIS I RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF "HARRIS COUNTY," TEXAS ".. .- KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: RESOLUTION NO. Iff) -' / BY PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION, this governing body 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. IN THE EVENT that any court should declare that the previous actions 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 APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, this governing body expressly resolves as follows: WHEREAS, the Legislature 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 taxing units within the County by the following formula as set forth in Section 6.03 (d): V= f 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 during the preceding tax year. T = The sum of the total dollar amount of property taxes imposed 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 WHEREAS, Harris County is a large unban 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, th~boardsize and method of selecting said board provides in Sections 6.03(a) and (d) would not provide a fair and equitable board under the particular circumstances in Harris County; and WHEREAS, an~xpanded number of board members selected under a different method would under the particular circumstances relevant to Harris County provide a broader and more equitable representation of all of the taxing units in Harris County.