HB5229 - Relating to the administration and enforcement by the Office of the Comptroller for Public Accounts against an appraisal district for a failure by a district to undertake corrective actions ordered by the Comptroller after review of the district's methods, appraisal standards and procedures.

      By: Bumgarner H.B. No. 5229       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the administration and enforcement by the Office of the   Comptroller for Public Accounts against an appraisal district for a   failure by a district to undertake corrective actions ordered by   the Comptroller after review of the district's methods, appraisal   standards and procedures.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 5.102, Tax Code, is amended by amending   Subsections (d) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as   follows:          (d)  If the appraisal district fails to comply with the   recommendations in the report and the comptroller finds that the   board of directors of the appraisal district failed to take   remedial action reasonably designed to ensure substantial   compliance with each recommendation in the report before the first   anniversary of the date the report was issued, the comptroller   [ shall notify the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, or   a successor to the department, which ] shall take action necessary   to ensure that the recommendations in the report are implemented as   soon as practicable.          (e)  Before February 1 of the year following the year in   which the comptroller [ Texas Department of Licensing and   Regulation, or its successor, ] takes action under Subsection (d),   the comptroller [ and with the assistance of the comptroller, the   department ] shall determine whether the recommendations in the most   recent report have been substantially implemented. The comptroller   [ executive director of the department ] shall notify the chief   appraiser and the board of directors of the appraisal district in   writing of the comptroller's [ department's ] determination.           (f)     If the comptroller determines the appraisal district   has failed to substantially implement the recommendations of the   report as indicated in subsection (d), the comptroller shall notify   and refer the case to the Texas Department of Licensing and   Regulation to take all reasonable and necessary remedial action,   including the imposition of administrative penalties and/or   sanctions under Occupations Code, Chapters 51 and 1151, against the   chief appraiser for the noncompliant appraisal district. The   comptroller shall provide all necessary support and resources to   support any enforcement action taken by the Texas Department of   Licensing and Regulation under this section.          SECTION 2.  Section 1151.204(c)(1), Occupations Code is   repealed.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2025.