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IN HB1631
Bill
Status
1/24/2017
Primary Sponsor
Vernon Smith
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AI Summary
House Bill 1631 Summary
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Requires property taxpayers and assessing officials to exchange all relevant information before preliminary informal meetings and before county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA) hearings.
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Allows immediate family members (spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or grandchild, including step and adoptive relationships) to serve as tax representatives for property owners at PTABOA hearings if the owner is incapacitated or financially unable to hire a certified representative.
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Mandates that if a party introduces new information for the first time at a county board hearing, the hearing must be continued to the next county board hearing date to allow the other party time to review the new information.
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Effective January 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Property tax assessment appeals. Requires an exchange of evidence between a property taxpayer and an assessing official before a preliminary informal meeting and before any county property tax assessment board of appeals (PTABOA) hearing. Allows an immediate family member to be a tax representative for a property owner at a PTABOA hearing.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/24/2017