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Texas Association of Appraisal Districts (TAAD) is an incorporated
nonprofit association founded in 1981 by 123 original charter
appraisal district members.
On
October 2-3, 1981, 74 appraisal district board members, 127
chief appraisers and 161guests attended a conference in Dallas
that ultimately led to the creation of TAAD. Hosted by the
Dallas Central Appraisal District, Board Chair Earl Luna conducted
the meeting with a stated purpose of “formation of an
appraisal district organization.” By all accounts, it
was a lively exchange of ideas and proposals. Conferees agreed
to meet again in Austin in January 1982 during a statewide
meeting of chief appraisers and directors sponsored by the
State Property Tax Board.
From
this meeting came TAAD. It would be governed by a set of bylaws
providing for an executive board of 20 trustees (whose regions
would be contiguous with those of the state’s Education
Service Centers) and an executive committee of president,
president-elect, vice president, secretary-treasurer and past
president. Governance would be based on the “one district-one
vote” concept, so all appraisal districts would have
an equal voice in deciding the future of the association.
The
charter member districts in 1982 were: Andrews, Angelina,
Aransas, Austin, Bailey, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Bosque, Bowie,
Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Cameron, Camp, Carson,
Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cochran, Collin, Colorado,
Comal, Cooke, Cottle, Crosby, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith,
Denton, DeWitt, Dimmitt, Duval, Eastland, Ector, El Paso,
Erath, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd Fort Bend, Franklin,
Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Grayson, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hale,
Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Hays, Henderson,
Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Jackson, Jasper,
Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kent, King, Lamb, Lampasas,
Lee, Leon, Liberty, Lubbock, Martin, Maverick, Midland, Milam,
Montague, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nolan,
Nueces, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Pecos, Rains,
Robertson, Rusk, San Augustine, San Patricio, San Saba, Smith,
Starr, Stonewall, Sutton, Tarrant, Taylor, Terry, Travis,
Tyler, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Walker, Waller, Washington,
Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Winkler, Wood and Zavala.
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