Tex. Tax Code § 5.041 Training of Appraisal Review Board Members

• Library: Texas Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Tex. Tax Code § 5.041

(a) The comptroller shall:

(1) approve curricula and provide materials for use in training and educating members of an appraisal review board;

(2) supervise a comprehensive course for training and education of appraisal review board members and issue certificates indicating course completion;

(3) make all materials for use in training and educating members of an appraisal review board freely available online;

(4) establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number that appraisal review board members may call for answers to technical questions relating to the duties and responsibilities of appraisal review board members and property appraisal issues; and

(5) provide, as feasible, online technological assistance to improve the operations of appraisal review boards and appraisal districts.

(b) A member of the appraisal review board established for an appraisal district must complete the course established under Subsection (a). The course must provide at least eight hours of classroom or distance training and education. A member of the appraisal review board may not participate in a hearing conducted by the board unless the person has completed the course established under Subsection (a) and received a certificate of course completion.

(b-1) At the conclusion of a course established under Subsection (a), each member of an appraisal review board in attendance shall complete a statement, on a form prescribed by the comptroller, indicating that the member will comply with the requirements of this title in conducting hearings.

(c) The comptroller may contract with service providers to assist with the duties imposed under Subsection (a), but the course required may not be provided by an appraisal district, the chief appraiser or another employee of an appraisal district, a member of the board of directors of an appraisal district, a member of an appraisal review board, or a taxing unit. The comptroller may assess a fee to recover a portion of the costs incurred for the training course, but the fee may not exceed $50 for each person trained. If the training is provided to an individual other than a member of an appraisal review board, the comptroller may assess a fee not to exceed $50 for each person trained.

(d) The course material for the course required under Subsection (a) is the comptroller's Appraisal Review Board Manual in use on the effective date of this section. The manual shall be updated regularly. It may be revised on request, in writing, to the comptroller. The revision language must be approved on the unanimous agreement of a committee selected by the comptroller and representing, equally, taxpayers and chief appraisers. The person requesting the revision shall pay the costs of mediation if the comptroller determines that mediation is required.