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. . .. . . . . e .RESOl..UTION NO. ~1-30__ A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A CHJll.TGE IN THE METHOD OF SELECTING THE MEHBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND CON- TAINING .OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. * * * * w}IEREAS, the Harris County Appraisal District was created by ~he provisions of the Texas Property Tax Code and is charged with the responsibility 'of performing, in the' time and manner set forth in such Code, various functions relating to the apprai- sal of property for ad valorem tax purposes by all taxing units wichin such District; and ~~EREAS, said District is, and shall be, governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the governing bodies of che County of Harris and the incorporated cities and to~~s and the school districts within such Appraisal Dis~rict; and WHEREAS, Section 6.03 of the Property Tax Code prescribes the basic composition of such Board and the qualifications and the time and method of selection of i~s members; and 'WHEREAS, Section 6.031 of such Code authori~es the governing bodies of three-fourths of the taxing units that are entitled to vote on the appointment of the members of said Board to change, by resolutions duly adopted, the method and procedure, either or both, for appoin~ing such Board members; and WHEREAS, this governing body of a taxing unit entitled to participate in effecting a change in such method and procedure deems it appropriate and in the public interest to authorize and support a change in the method and procedure of appointing the members of the Board of Directors of the Harris County Apprai- sal District; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City of Shoreacres City Council (name of governing body) OF THE taxing unit, La Porte Independent School District - (name of taxing unit) Section 1. TIlat the Board of Directors of the Harris County Appraisal District shall be composed of five members, each of whom must meet the residency requirements and shall be appointed for the term of office prescribed by Section 6.03(a) and 6.03(b), respectively, of the Texas Property Tax Code. Section 2. ThRt, pursuant to the authority granted by Section 6.031 of said Code, the method and procedure for appointing the five members to such Board of Directors shall be changed' from that prescribed in Section 6.03 of said Code to the following: BY WHOM APPOINTED (a) The governing body of the County of Harris shall appoint one member to the Board. (b) The governing body of the Ci.ty of Houston shall appoint one member to the Board. (c) The governing body of the Houston Independent School District shall appoint one member to the Board. (d) The governin& bodies of all incorporated cities and tO~1I1S, excluding' the Ci ty of Houston, yJi thin the Appraisal District shall appoint one member to the Board. (e) The governing bodies .)f el11 school districts, excluding :he Houston Irdependent Sch~.,~ DiRtrict, within the Appraisal Dis- trice 2hall a~:oi~: one ~ere~el :u the Board.