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ROBERT K. SCHAFFER
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS
Dear Applicant:
Attached is an application for appointment to the Appraisal Review Board (“ARB”) for the Harris County
Appraisal District.
The ARB is a citizen board of Harris County residents that sits in panels of three to hear testimony and review
evidence in order to determine property owner protests which cannot be resolved administratively by the
appraisal district staff.
It is important to understand that while hearings are held year round, typically this is a full-time commitment during
the summer and fall months. This year, you must be available for service each weekday and some Saturdays
through the end of the year to accommodate property owners protesting their property values. Although you may
not be scheduled for hearings every day, ARB members must be available to serve when called. Vacations and
other employment commitments are not considered valid reasons to be absent. Property owners may choose in-
person hearings, conducted at the HCAD Building at 13013 Northwest Freeway - Houston or remote hearings from
their homes or offices. Therefore, you will be expected to serve at HCAD and in addition, you should also be
prepared and able to conduct virtual hearings on your personal computer by electronic means such as WebEx or
Zoom.
If selected, you will be appointed to serve a term as a regular member of the ARB. ARB members are not
employees of the appraisal district and are not eligible for employee benefits by virtue of their review board
service.
Please send your application directly to me at the address below. Applications from third parties will not be
accepted. Appointment is contingent upon a satisfactory background investigation. If you are selected for an
interview, you will be contacted to schedule an appointment. All interviews will be conducted via Zoom.
If you are confident you can meet this demanding schedule, possess the qualifications noted on the attached page,
and believe you can reach decisions based solely on the evidence before you in each hearing, please return the
completed application form to this address:
Electronically:
ARB_Recruitment@hcad.org
Please put “To Judge
Robert K. Schaffer” in the subject line.
By Mail:
Judge
Robert K. Schaffer
c/o HCAD Human
Resources Division
P.O. Box
920975
Houston, TX
77292-0975
Your interest in this important civic duty is appreciated. If we can provide you with application information,
please call 713-957-5265 or 713-957-7499. If we can provide other information regarding ARB service
requirements please call 713-957-5265.
Please submit your application promptly, as applications will only be considered until all current vacancies are
filled.
Respectfully,
Judge Robert K. Schaffer
Local Administrative District Judge of Harris County
ARB Membership Qualifications
1) You must be at least 18 years old, must currently reside in Harris County, and must have
resided in Harris County for at least the last two years.
2) You cannot be a current or former employee, officer, or member of the board of directors of
the Harris County Appraisal District.
3) You cannot be a current member of the governing body or an officer or a full or part-time
employee of a taxing unit (a local government that levies property taxes) in this state. Taxing
units include the counties, school districts, cities, community and junior college districts that
levy property taxes, and special districts that levy property taxes.
4) You cannot be a former officer or member of the governing body of a taxing unit served by
the Harris County Appraisal District until the fourth anniversary of the date you stopped
being a member or officer.
5) You cannot have served all or part of three previous terms as an ARB member.
6) You cannot be a current employee of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
7) You cannot have appeared before the Harris County Appraisal Review Board for
compensation during the two years preceding the date of your appointment.
8) Neither you nor your spouse may currently be a party to a contract with this appraisal district
or a taxing unit served by the Harris County Appraisal District.
9) No business in which you have a substantial interest (defined as ownership by you and/or
your spouse of at least 10% of the voting stock or shares of the business entity or service by
you or your spouse as a partner, limited partner, or officer of the business entity) may
currently be a party to a contract with the Harris County Appraisal District or a taxing unit
served by the Harris County Appraisal District.
10) You are ineligible if you own property on which delinquent taxes have been owed to any
taxing unit in this state for more than 60 days after the date you knew or should have known
the taxes were delinquent, unless the taxes are being paid under an installment agreement
under Sec. 33.02, Tax Code, or the taxes are deferred or abated under Sec. 33.06 or 33.065,
Tax Code.
11) You cannot be related within the second degree, by consanguinity or affinity, to (1) a person
who does business as a paid property tax consultant in Harris County; or (2) a person who
performs appraisals for use in property tax proceedings in Harris County. You cannot be
related within the third degree by consanguinity or the second degree by affinity to a member
of the appraisal review board, an officer or member of the board of directors of the Harris
County Appraisal District or to the Administrative Judge of Harris County. Relatives within
the second degree include your spouse, parent, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister, spouse of a brother or sister, step child, step parent,
father-in-law, mother-in-law, and the brother or sister of your spouse. Relatives by
consanguinity within the third degree also include great-grand parents, great-grandchildren,
the brother or sister of either of your parents, and nieces and nephews.
12) You must be of good moral character.
Application Processing
Harris County Appraisal Review Board
13013 Northwest Fwy.
P. O. Box 920975
Houston, TX 77292-0975
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD
Read and answer each question carefully. Your answers will be used to determine your legal eligibility for appointment and
qualifications for service on the board.
1. Applicant I
nformation
Name (Last, First, Middle Initial) Telephone Number (Area Code and Number)
Daytime ( ) Evening ( )
Current Mailing Address (Number, Street or P. O. Box)
Street address if different from above
Email Address
City
State
ZIP Code
Social Security Number Texas Driver License Number Spouse’sName
2. Education and Training
Dates Attended
Mo/Yr. to Mo/Yr.
Major / Minor
Semester Hours
Earned
Type
of
Diploma or Degree
A
warded
Please attach a resume listing licenses, professional memberships, certificates and offices held. Include
training, awards, honors and qualities or attributes you consider relevant.
3. Employment
H
istory
Present/Most Recent Employer
Position
Address
Dates Employed (From MM/YY to MM/YY)
Supervisor’s Name
Supervisor’s Title
Number of Employees Supervised
Directly Indirectly
Reason for Leaving
Summary of Duties
Previous Employer
Position
Address
Dates Employed (From MM/YY to MM/YY)
Supervisor’s Name
Supervisor’s Title
Number of Employees Supervised
Directly Indirectly
Reason for Leaving
Summary of Duties
Previous Employer
Position
Address
Dates Employed (From MM/YY to MM/YY)
Supervisor’s Name
Supervisor’s Title
Number of Employees Supervised
Directly Indirectly
Reason for Leaving
Summary of Duties
GTA:ARB:002 (08/19)
Application for Appointment to the Harris County Appraisal Review Board
4. Eligibility and Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Page 2
In order to ensure that ARB members are impartial, the law puts a number of limits on who can serve as ARB members. Your answers to
these questions will determine whether you are legally eligible to serve on the ARB. For the purposes of these questions:
• A “local government” is a government entity that levies property taxes, such as a county, city, school district, junior college,
hospital district, municipal utility district, or other special district.
• “Appraisaldistrict”referstotheHarrisCounty Appraisal District and to any other appraisal district in the State of Texas.
• “Governing body” means the group of officials that oversee a local government, such as a city council, county commissioners’
court, school board of trustees, or board of directors.
• “Officer” means holding an elective or appointive office for a local government, such as governing body member, chief executive
officer, judge, tax assessor, business manager, superintendent, etc., and includes an election judge, alternate election judge,
and election clerk who serve in conducting a general election.
• “Part-timeemployee”includesasubstituteteacher. “Contract”meansanagreementofanysort.
• “Substantialinterest”meanscombinedownershipbyyouandyourspouseofatleast10%ofthevotingstockorsharesofa
business entity, or that you or your spouse is a partner, limited partner, or officer of the business entity.
Check“Yes”or“No”.Ifyouarenotsure,write“notsure”
1.
Do you reside in Harris County?
2.
Have you resided in Harris County
for
at
least two years?
3. Are you currently a member of the governing body or an officer of a local government or an appraisal
district? (other than an Appraisal Review Board member)
4. Are you currently employed, either full or part-time, by a local government or an appraisal district?
(ARB members are not appraisal district employees)
5.
Are you currently employed, either full or part-time, by the
T
exas Comptroller
of
Public Accounts?
6. Are you a former employee, chief appraiser, or member of the Board of Directors of the Harris
County Appraisal District?
7. Have you served as a member of a governing body or officer of a local government served by the
Harris County Appraisal District?
a. Name of taxing entity: _______________________________________
b. Date resigned: ____________________________________________
8.
Are you currently a member
of
the Appraisal Review Board
of
another appraisal district?
9. Is anyone who is related to you by blood or marriage employed by the Harris County Appraisal
District?
9a. If“Yes”,givenameandrelationship
10. Do you have a spouse, parent, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother
or sister, spouse of a brother or sister, step child, step parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, or a
brother or sister of your spouse who:
a. Is a member of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Harris County Appraisal
1. Yes No
2. Yes No
3. Yes No
4. Yes No
5. Yes No
6. Yes No
7. Yes No
8. Yes No
9. Yes No
District?
10a. Yes No
b.
Does business in the Harris County Appraisal District as a paid property
tax
consultant?
c.
Performs appraisals
for
use in property
tax
proceedings in the appraisal district?
d. Is a current member of the Harris County Appraisal Review Board? …………………….,……………...
11. Have you previously served all or part of three terms as a member of the Harris County Appraisal
Review Board? …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
12. Have you previously appeared before the Harris County Appraisal Review Board for compensation
(i.e.,
as a
tax
consultant, accountant, appraiser
,
or representative
of
a property owner)?
13. Do you or your spouse have a contract with a local government or an appraisal district?
14. Does a business in which you or your spouse own a substantial interest have a contract with a
local government or an appraisal district?
15. Are you presently under a criminal charge or indictment or have previously been convicted of a
felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude?
15a. If“Yes”,explain:
16. Are you a
U.S.
Citizen?
16a. Ifyouanswered“No”toQuestion16,areyoueligibletobeemployedundera
visa or entry permit?
10b. Yes No
10c. Yes No
10d. Yes No
11. Yes No
12. Yes No
13. Yes No
14. Yes No
15. Yes No
16. Yes No
16a. Yes No
An answer of “No” to questions 1, 2, or 16a or an answer of “Yes” to questions 3-14 indicates that you are not legally
eligible to serve on the Appraisal Review Board..
Continue on Page 3
Application for Appointment to the Harris County Appraisal Review Board page 3
5. Delinquent Taxes in Texas
In the space below, please list all properties in Texas on which you currently pay property taxes. Include
both real property and business personal property. Include community property and property owned by
partnerships or sole proprietorships. Please give the appraisal district account number or the location
address (and business name, if applicable) of the property, the years for which taxes are owed, and the
taxing entities to which the taxes are owed.
17. Are taxes delinquent on any of these properties?
17. Yes No
Account
Number
Location
Address
Owner or
Business Name
Years for which
taxes are owed
(if applicable)
Entities to which
taxes are owed
(if applicable)
6. Why Do You Want To Serve?
Briefly state why you should be considered for appointment to the Appraisal Review Board.
7. Signature and Affirmation
I have read this application carefully. The information I have given in it is true and correct to
the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that omitting or misrepresenting information
could result in failure to consider this application. I also understand that it is a criminal violation
to make a false statement on this application.
Signature and affirmation of person preparing this application:
I affirm that the information contained in this application and all attachments, if any, is accu-
rate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and authorize the Harris County
Appraisal Review Board or its representative to verify the statements I have made. I further
affirm that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, I am not disqualified by law from accepting
an appointment to the Appraisal Review Board for Harris County.
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Harris County Appraisal Review Board
Application
P
rocessing
Telephone
713-957-5265
Name Social Security Number
I, , hereby authorize any investigator or duly accredited representative of the Local Administrative
District Judge for Harris County bearing this release to obtain any information from schools, employers, criminal justice agencies, or individuals relating to my
activities. This information may include, but is not limited to, academic, achievement, performance, attendance, personal history, disciplinary and conviction
records. I hereby ask you to release such information upon request of the bearer. I understand that the information released is for official use by the Local
Administrative District Judge of Harris County and may be disclosed to such third parties as necessary in the fulfillment of official responsibilities.
I hereby release and hold harmless any individual, including record custodians, from any and all liability for damages of whatever kind or nature which may at
any time result to me on account of compliance, or any attempts to comply, with this authorization.
Do not contact L1 Enrollment Services for fingerprinting unless instructed to do so by the agency.
Applicant’s Signature
Date
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Hire Not Hired
initial
Date Printed:
initial
Destroyed Date:
initial
DPS Computerized Criminal History (CCH) Verification
(AGENCY
COPY)
I, , have been notified that a Computerized Criminal
APPLICANT or EMPLOYEE NAME (Please print)
History (CCH) verification check will be performed by accessing the Texas Department of Public Safety
Secure Website and will be based on name and DOB identifiers I supply.
Because the name-based information is not an exact search and only fingerprint record searches
represent true identification to criminal history, the organization conducting the criminal history check
for background screening is not allowed to discuss any criminal history record information obtained
using the name and DOB method. Therefore, the agency may request that I have a fingerprint search
performed to clear any misidentification based on the result of the name and DOB search.
For the fingerprinting process I will be required to submit a full and complete set of my fingerprints
for analysis through the Texas Department of Public Safety AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification
System). I have been made aware that in order to complete this process I must make an appointment with
L1 Enrollment Services, submit a full and complete set of my fingerprints, request a copy be sent to the
agency listed below, and pay a fee of $24.95 to the fingerprinting services company, L1 Enrollment
Services.
Once this process is completed and the agency receives the data from DPS, the information on
my fingerprint criminal history record may be discussed with me.
(This copy must remain on file by your agency. Required for future DPS
Audits)
Signature of Applicant or Employee
Please:
Check and Initial each Applicable Space
Date
ARB for the Harris County
Appraisal District
Agency Name (Please print)
CCH Report Printed:
YES NO initial
Purpose of CCH:
Agency Representative Name (Please print)
Signature of Agency Representative
Date
Retain in your files
Rev. 08/2019
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