Pursuant to Senate Bill 2 (88th Legislative Session), effective July l, 2024, appraisal districts in counties with populations over 75,000 are governed by a nine-member board: five (5) directors appointed by taxing units, three (3) elected directors, and the county assessor-collector serving ex-officio. For the upcoming appointment cycle, two (2) of the five (5) appointed directorships are to be filled, with each appointee serving a four (4) year term commencing January l, 2026. This notice is provided to the representatives of the taxing units eligible to participate in the nomination and voting process. Following is a brief timeline of this process:

• The chief appraiser delivers notice of election and voting entitlement to the taxing units.
• Each taxing unit may nominate bv resolution one candidate for each directorship to be filled (2 directorships are to be filled).The Tax Assessor-Collector (TAC) is no longer required to participate in the appointment election with the passage of SB2. County TACs now serve as an ex officio voting director on appraisal district's board of directors. Nominations by way of resolution must be submitted to the chief appraiser no later than October 15, 2025.
• The chief appraiser will then prepare and deliver a ballot of all nominees to each taxing unit before October 30, 2025.
• The governing body of each taxing unit must determine their vote by resolution and submit it to the chief appraiser before December 15, 2025.
• The chief appraiser will tabulate the votes, declare the winners, and submit the results to the governing body of each taxing unit before December 31, 2025.

The summary of the voting entitlement of the taxing units participating in the nomination and election for the Guadalupe Appraisal District Board of Directors states that the City of Schertz will have 256 votes to cast in this election process. Votes may be allocated to one nominee or votes may be distributed to more than one nominee. The nominees who receive the largest cumulative vote total are declared the directors who will begin serving a four-year term on January l, 2026.