R-2005-14 Bill Harry/nomination for board member to HCAD

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" -t e e Harris County Appraisal District Interoffice Memorandum OFFICE OF CHIEF APPRAISER TO: PRESIDING OFFICERS OF TAXING UNITS SERVED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECEIVED FROM: JIM ROBINSON, CHIEF APPRAISER AUG 0 5 2005 CITY ~r:~Kt:'IARV'S SUBJECT: SELECTION OF APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS OFFICE DATE: AUGUST 1, 2005 Your taxing unit participates in selecting members of the Harris County Appraisal District's board of irectors. The board is composed of six members who serve two-year terms, all of which expire December 31, 2005. This memorandum sets out the process of selecting directors for the two-year term that begins January 1, 2006. Participating Units The current method of selecting directors was established by resolutions of the county, cities, and school districts participating in the appraisal district in 1981, and modified in 1991 after the law was changed to provide a voting entitlement to conservation and reclamation districts. Sec. 6.031, Tax Code, authorizes an appraisal district to vary both the size and the method of selecting its board members. The six members of the Harris County Appraisal District's board of directors are selected as follows: · One member appointed by the Harris County Commissioners Court. · One member appointed by the Houston City Council. · 9ne member appointed by the board of trustees of the Houston Independent School District. · One member appointed by vote of the city councils of the cities other than Houston. Each city council casts a single vote. The candidate who receives the most votes is elected. · One member appointed by vote of the boards of trustees of the school districts other than Houston Independent School District. Each board casts a single vote. The candidate who receives the most votes is elected. . One member appointed by vote of the governing bodies of those conservation and reclamation districts that levied a property tax in 2005 and also plan to levy in 2006. Each body casts a single vote. The candidate who receives the most votes is elected. . In the event the county appoints someone other than the county assessor-collector to the board, the county assessor-collector will serve ex officio in a non-voting capacity as a seventh member.