Montgomery Central Appraisal District
P. O. Box 2233
Conroe, Texas 77305-2233
Contact: Mark Castleschouldt
Phone: (936)441-2186 Fax: (936)441-2186
Email: jaclyns@mcad-tx.org
Updated as of: 6/22/2010
LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR CREATION AND OPERATION(County)
Texas Tax Code Title 1, Chapter 6, Subchapter A, Section 6.03.
GENERAL POWER AND DUTIES
The Board of Directors is responsible for making the District’s major administrative and financial decisions. The Board of Directors, for example, approves the District’s budget and makes decisions concerning major contracts. The Board of Directors also selects the District’s Chief Appraiser, its Taxpayer Liaison Officer and the members of the Appraisal Review Board. The Board of Directors, however, does not take an active role in the appraisal of individual properties. To compile each year’s list (the appraisal roll), the appraisal district performs three basic activities:
1. Identifying taxable property and maintaining current records reflecting its ownership and characteristics.
2. Determining the property’s market value as of January 1 of the tax year.
3. Deciding whether any exemptions apply to the property and recording these exemptions appropriately.
MEETING TIME AND LOCATION
The Board of Directors meets on the third Thursday after the first Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m., 109 Gladstell Street, Conroe and its meetings are open to the public.
COMPOSITION
TOTAL: 5 directors
NOMINATION PROCESS: Members of the board of directors other than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director are appointed by the governing bodies of the incorporated cities and towns, the school districts, and, if entitled to vote, the conservation and reclamation districts that participate in the district and of the county Texas Tax Code Section 6.03 (c).
QUALIFICATIONS FOR A DIRECTOR: To be eligible to serve on the board of directors, an individual other than a county assessor-collector serving as a nonvoting director must be a resident of the district and must have resided in the district for at least two years immediately preceding the date the individual takes office. An individual who is otherwise eligible to serve on the board is not ineligible because of membership on the governing body of a taxing unit. An employee of a taxing unit that participates in the district is not eligible to serve on the board unless the individual is also a member of the governing body or an elected official of a taxing unit that participates in the district. Texas Tax Code Section 6.03(a).and Sections 6.035 – 6.036.
TERM: Director serves staggered two-year terms beginning on January 1 of even-numbered years.
CHAIRPERSON: At its first meeting each calendar year, the board shall elect from its members a chairman and a secretary.
QUORUM: A majority of the appraisal district board of directors constitutes a quorum.
COMPENSATION: Members of the board may not receive compensation for service on the board but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided by the budget adopted by the board.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Entity is NOT included in the financial reporting for the City of Houston.
MEMBER LIST