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<br />AUG 0 2 Z007 <br /> <br />CITY SECRETARY'$ <br />OFFICE <br /> <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />Harris County Appraisal District <br />Interoffice Memorandum <br /> <br />OFFICE OF CHIEF APPRAISER <br /> <br />TO: PRESIDING OFFICERS OF TAXING UNITS <br />SERVED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT <br /> <br />FROM: JIM ROBINSON, CHIEF APPRAISER <br /> <br />SUBJECT: SELECTION OF APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS <br /> <br />DATE: AUGUST 1, 2007 <br /> <br />Your taxing unit participates in selecting members of the Harris County Appraisal District's <br />board of~rectors. The board is composed of six members who serve two-year terms, all of which <br />expire December 31, 2007. This memorandum describes the process of selecting directors for <br />the two-year term that begins January 1, 2008. <br /> <br />Participating Units <br /> <br />The current method of selecting directors was established by resolutions of the county, cities, and <br />school districts participating in the appraisal district in 1981, and modified in 1991 after the law <br />was changed to provide a voting entitlement to conservation and reclamation districts. Sec. <br />6.031, Tax Code, authorizes an appraisal district to vary both the size and the method of selecting <br />its board members. <br /> <br />The six members of the Harris County Appraisal District's board of directors are selected as <br />follows: <br /> <br />· One member appointed by the Harris County Commissioners Court. <br />· One member appointed by the Houston City Council. <br />· One member appointed by the board of trustees of the Houston Independent School District. <br />· One member appointed by vote of the city councils of the cities other than Houston. Each <br />city council casts a single vote. The candidate who receives the most votes is elected. <br />· One member appointed by vote of the boards of trustees of the school districts other than <br />Houston Independent School District. Each board casts a single vote. The candidate who <br />receives the most votes is elected. <br />· One member appointed by vote of the governing bodies of those conservation and <br />reclamation districts that levied a property tax in 2007 and also plan to levy in 2008. Each <br />body casts a single vote. The candidate who receives the most votes is elected. <br />· In the event the county appoints someone other than the county assessor-collector to the <br />board, the county assessor-collector will serve ex officio in a non-voting capacity as a seventh <br />member. <br />