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      S.B. No. 974         AN ACT   relating to the eligibility of a person employed by a school   district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an   appraisal district; creating a criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 6.411, Tax Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:           (b-1)     A member of the board of trustees of an independent   school district or an employee of the district commits an offense if   the member or employee communicates with a member of the appraisal   review board who is employed by the school district as a teacher   with the intent to influence a decision by the member in the   member's capacity as a member of the appraisal review board.          SECTION 2.  Section 6.412(c), Tax Code, is amended to read as   follows:          (c)   Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a [ A ]   person is ineligible to serve on the appraisal review board if the   person is a member of the board of directors, [ an ] officer, or   employee of the appraisal district, an employee of the comptroller,   or a member of the governing body, officer, or employee of a taxing   unit. A person employed by a school district as a teacher may serve   on the appraisal review board.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 974 passed the Senate on   March 20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 8; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 974 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 80,   Nays 56, two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor