1981-09-16 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • .~ RESOLUTION N0. ~'~ A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A CH?.NGE IN THE METHOD OF SELECTING THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRIS COUPITY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND CON- TAINING~OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT, ~ ~ ~ ~ WHEREAS, the Harris County Appraisal District was created by the 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 within such District; and . WHEREAS, said District is, and shall be, governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the gcverning bodies of the County of Harris and the incorporated cities and towns and the school districts within such Appraisal District; 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 its members; and WHEREAS, Section 6.031 of such Code authorizes the governing bodies of three-fourths of the taxing t:.-~its 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 appointing 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 LT RESOLVED BY THE ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~_~ ~~~' '~ ., name of governing body OF THE _ ~ ` name o taxing unit Section 1. That the Board of Directors of the Harris County Appraisa District shall be composed of five members, each of wham 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. Ths.t, 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 fol]_owing: 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 City- of Houston shall appoint one member to the Board. (c) The governing body of the Houston Independent School District shall appoint one member to t^e Board. (d) The governing bodies of all incorporated cities and towns, excluding'the City of Houston, within the Appraisal District • shall appoint one member to the Board. (e) The governing bodies of all school districts, excluding the Houston Independent School District, within the Appraisal Dis- trict shall appoint one member to the 3oard.