87R5336 DRS-D     By: Seliger S.B. No. 916       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to information regarding certain noncompliance by an   appraisal district in the Texas Department of Licensing and   Regulation records of a professional property tax appraiser serving   as chief appraiser for the district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 1151, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 1151.109 to read as follows:          Sec. 1151.109.  INFORMATION ON APPRAISAL DISTRICT   NONCOMPLIANCE. (a) The commission by rule shall require the   department to add a notation of noncompliance in the record of a   registered professional appraiser who is serving as chief appraiser   for an appraisal district that the department determines under   Section 5.102(e), Tax Code, has failed to comply with the   comptroller's recommendations following a review of the district   under that section.          (b)  A local governmental entity may request from the   department information on a registered professional appraiser the   entity is considering for appointment as chief appraiser of the   entity's appraisal district. The department shall inform the   entity of a notation of noncompliance under Subsection (a) if the   appraiser during two or more previous reviews under Section 5.102,   Tax Code, served as chief appraiser of an appraisal district that   the department determined had failed to comply with the   comptroller's recommendations under that section.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall   adopt rules to implement Section 1151.109, Occupations Code, as   added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.