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Barris County Appraisal District
Interoffice -Memorandum
OFFICE OF CIDEF APPRAISER
TO: PRESIDING OFFICJERS OF TAXING UNITS
SERVED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT
FROM: JIM ROBINSON, CHIEF APPRAISER ~ I~ :..~
SUBJECT: ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT
DATE: OCTOBER 18, 1999
The nomination period for board calldidates representing the small cities, school districts, and
conservation & reclamation districts closed October IS, 1999. The names of all candidates
officiaiiy nominated to me on or beihre that date are reflected on the enclosed "Certification of
Ballot" forms.
Candidates for contested positions are listed alphabetically on the ballot in the manner required by
the Texas Tax Code.
To assist you in the election procedw~e, I have enclosed a Certification of Ballot and a suggested
form of resolution for casting your vote for the candidate representing your type of taxing unit.
Ballot forms for all three types of units are enclosed to make you aware of all nominees,
even though only ta%ing units of (I particular type may vote in the election applicable to
that type of unit. The governing bcKly of each taxing unit is entitled to one vote for the
candidate of its choice from the names appearing on the appropriate Certification of Ballot.
By November IS, 1999, each governing body must cast its vote for one of the nominees,
formally adopt a resolution naming th.e person for whom it votes, and submit a certified. copy to
the chief appraiser. .. The vote. must. he .by..resolutioD. -The.resolution,.nr..a cer.ti.fied .copy thereof,
together with the completed Certification of Ballot, must be delivered to Jim Robinson, Chief
Appraiser, 2800 North Loop West, Houston, Texas 77092, or mailed to P. O. Box 920975,
Houston, Texas 77292-0975 no late," than Monday, November IS, 1999. The outside of the
envelope should be marked "Ballot fOJ Board of Directors. n
On November 16, 1999, the chief appraiser will count the votes, declare the results, and notify
the winners, the nominees, and the pr.~siding offir;ers of each taxing unit. A tie vote will be
. '\ resolved by a method of chance chose:D. ....by the chiel appraiser.
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Presiding Officers
October 18, 1999
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These procedures do not apply to Harris County, the City of Houston, or the Houston
Independent School District. ThoSl~ units will select their board member by adopting a resolution
appointing such member by November 15, 1999, and delivering an original or certified copy to
the Office of Chief Appraiser on or before December 1, 1999.
If you have questions aboufthe board selection process, please call me at 713/957-5291.
Attachments
c: HCAD Board Members
Tax Assessors
Taxing Unit Attorneys
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(For Use by Ciieies Other Than the City of Houston)
CERTIFICATION OF BALLOT
FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT
I, Mavor Norman L. Ma;I;one , certify that on the Rrh day of
November . 1999, the City Council of the City of La Porte
did by resolution cast its ballot for the following nominee to serve as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Harris COUllty Appraisal District:
(place an "X" in the square next to the candidate of your choice.)
Bill Harry [x,
J. D. (Doug) Pclhler [ ]
I further certify that a true and (:orrect copy of the resolution casting such ballot is attached
hereto.
WITNESS MY HAND thisq.M- day of .J1JJjeMSof 1':
, 1999.
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ATI'EST:
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