HB22-1416: Property Tax Administrative Procedures

• Property tax administrator must maintain a list of interested persons and provide email notice (at no charge) of proposed changes to property tax manuals, with option for mailed copies at actual cost.

• Administrator must conduct public hearings with at least two weeks' notice before modifying property tax manuals, procedures, instructions, or guidelines, allowing interested persons to submit written or oral comments.

• Any interested person may petition the administrator in writing for issuance, amendment, or repeal of property tax materials; administrator must consider all related written petitions when proposing changes.

• Property valuation notices must include statements about taxpayers' rights to abate taxes if they miss the June 8 protest deadline and must provide contact information for commercial property owners seeking valuation approach information.

• Establishes accelerated appeal process for rent-producing commercial real property if taxpayers file objections by June 8 and provide required information by July 15; Board of Assessment Appeals may charge fees to cover costs, deposited in newly created Accelerated Appeal Cash Fund.