The Role Of The Appraisal Review Board Members
The appraisal review board (ARB) is the judicial part of the system. The ARB is a separate body from the appraisal office and serves a different function. It hears and resolves disputes over appraisal matters. This is a very broad and important responsibility, but the ARB must be sensitive to its legal and practical limits. First, the ARB only has authority over matters submitted to it. The ARB has no role in the day to day operations of the appraisal office or in appraising property.
Except where it is deciding a protest, challenge or a correction motion, the ARB has no authority to change a value or correct the appraisal records directly. In a challenge, it must order the chief appraiser to reappraise or correct the records related to the challenge. Only in resolving taxpayer protests can the ARB make changes or set a value on its own. Such a change only affects the property in question.
| Austin CAD ARB Members: |
| Lester Bernard – Chairman |
| David Schultz – Vice-Chairman |
| David Franklin – Secretary |
| Weldon Hall |
| Stacie Dewald |
| Clayton Haidusek |
The Austin County Appraisal District is accepting applications to the Appraisal Review Board (ARB).
Applicants:
- Must be available to work full days (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), at least 3 or 4 days per week, during the protest season. The protest season is expected to run from late May through the end of July. Additional days may be scheduled in August and September, with a final date in December.
- Must also be available for a mandatory training day between February and April.
- Must be a resident of Austin County and must have resided in Austin County for the past two years.
- Cannot own property in which delinquent taxes are due.
- Cannot be related within the third degree by consanguinity or within the second degree by affinity of a member of the ACAD Board of Directors or a member of the Austin County ARB.
- Cannot be an employee of a taxing entity in Austin County (e.g. city, school, special district, etc.) while serving on the Austin County ARB.
For a full list of eligibility requirements, please refer to the Texas Property Tax Code, Chapter 6, Subchapter C.
ARB members are appointed for two-year terms by the local administrative judge, under Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Government Code. They are not employees of Austin County Appraisal District and are not eligible for any employee benefits for their service. Compensation for ARB members is a per diem of $150 per full day, $75 per half day, when conducting hearings.
Submit completed applications to: Austin County Appraisal District, Assistant to the ARB, 906 E Amelia St, Bellville, TX 77418 or info@austincad.org.