The
Texas Association of Appraisal Districts, Inc.
is a statewide, voluntary non-profit organization incorporated
and organized to promote the effective and efficient functioning
and administration of appraisal districts in Texas.
Membership
Approximately 90 percent of the state's 254 appraisal districts
belong to TAAD, as well as numerous tax officials from school
districts, cities, counties, state agencies and other entities,
as well as taxpayers and members of the business community.
Combined, these districts represent more than 1,300 locally
elected directors, nearly 1,200 appraisal review board members
and several thousand appraisers, district personnel, and other
members of the property tax field.
Leadership
TAAD's members govern the association through a yearly Delegate
Assembly, which serves as the vehicle for adopting bylaws,
policies, beliefs and resolutions. Twenty trustees, one for
each of TAAD's regions, represent the member districts before
the Executive Committee. This committee is made up of a president,
president-elect, vice president, secretary-treasurer and past
president.
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Programs
and Services
Through its seminars, conferences, and courses TAAD seeks
to provide its members with a wide variety of educational
opportunities. The association has an annual conference each
winter and a legislative update seminar in the summer following
a legislative session. Seminars for appraisal review board
members are annually conducted across the state in the spring.
Education
By offering courses required by the Board of Tax Professional
Examiners for state certification, TAAD provides its members
with necessary opportunities for education. In addition, TAAD
annually sponsors appraisal courses from the International
Association of Assessing Officers for the benefit of its members,
as well as other courses for continuing professional development.
Publications
Additionally, six times a year TAAD publishes The APPRISER,
a news and reference bulletin. During legislative sessions,
TAAD uses email options to inform members of proposed and pending
legislation, House and Senate Committee activities, as well
as other happenings the Capital.
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Legislative
Involvement
TAAD's Legislative Committee coordinates the association's
legislative involvement. District directors are encouraged
to participate in the legislative process through personal
contact with legislators and by community involvement. Each
bill filed is considered on a case-by case basis, and the
association monitors bills regarding appraisal issues, exemptions,
assessment and collection actions, or special valuation methodology.
While
TAAD does not lobby or adopt a specific legislative platform,
in general the association endorses legislation to:
· promote sound fiscal management of appraisal districts
· simplify taxpayer information regarding appraisal
records
· provide appraisal districts with access to necessary
appraisal support information, and
· support local control of appraisal districts.
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