ARB Panel Members

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Board Member Address
Les Shaw, Chairman P.O. Box Greenville, TX 75403
Ben Bennett 604 Broken Arrow Pass West Tawakoni, TX 75474
Mitzi Oltman 1201 Northwood Commerce, TX 75428
James Shelton 514 Mink Dr Greenville, TX 75402
Stella Travers 101 Friendship Cir West Tawakoni, TX 75474
Larry Throgmorton, Alternate 3467 Hwy 11 E, Wolfe City, TX 75496

The ARB’s Role in the Property Tax System

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.