Property Tax Consultants
- The Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council is scheduled to meet Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. at TDLR's North Campus, 1106 Clayton Lane, in Austin. Please note the new meeting location. The agenda will be available online as soon as it is finalized. The meeting will be broadcast and available for viewing via RealPlayer.
- The Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council meeting scheduled for September 11, 2009 has been canceled.
- Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council vacancy
- House Bill 2447, passed by the 81st Texas Legislature, amends Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1152, §1152.103 relating to membership restrictions on appointments to the Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council if required to register with the TDLR under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1151, Property Tax Professionals. House Bill 2447 and the change to Chapter 1152 became effective June 19, 2009.
- TDLR Imposes Administrative Penalty Against Property Tax Consultant
- The Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council met March 6 in Austin. The agenda is available online. The meeting was archived and is available for listening via RealPlayer.
Vacancy on Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) announces a vacancy on the Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council (Council) established by Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1152. The pertinent rules may be found in 16 Texas Administrative Code §66.65. The purpose of the Property Tax Consultants Advisory Council is to advise the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation (Commission) on standards of practice, conduct, and ethics for registrants; setting fees; examination contents and standards of performance for senior property tax consultants; recognition of continuing education programs and courses for registrants; and establishing educational requirements for initial applicants.
The Council is composed of seven members appointed by the presiding officer of the Commission, with the Commission’s approval. The Council consists of six registered property tax consultants and one public member. Each person appointed for membership on the council must: be a registered senior property tax consultant; be a member of a nonprofit, voluntary trade association that has a membership primarily composed of individuals who perform property tax consulting services in this state or who engage in property tax management in this state for other persons, has written experience and examination requirements for membership, and subscribes to a code of professional conduct or ethics; be a resident of this state for the five years preceding the date of the appointment; and have performed or supervised the performance of property tax consulting services as the individual’s primary occupation continuously for the five years preceding the date of the appointment. Members serve staggered three-year terms. This announcement is for the public member position.
Interested persons should request an application from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation by telephone (512) 475-4765 fax (512) 475‑2874 or Email advisory.boards@license.state.tx.us. Applicants for public council member should download the Public Member Application; applicants for the other council positions should download the PTC Advisory Council Application.
Applicants may be asked to appear for an interview; however any required travel for an interview would be at the applicant's expense.
A Property Tax Consultant prepares tax renditions and reports for someone who is protesting their taxes. Property Tax Consultants also consult or advise others regarding protests or renditions. For more information about the property tax consultants program, e-mail TDLR at property.tax.consultants@license.state.tx.us.
