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IN HB1218
Bill
Status
1/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Vernon Smith
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AI Summary
HB 1218 Summary
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Eliminates the preliminary informal meeting requirement in the property assessment appeal process, allowing appeals to proceed directly to a hearing before the assessing official effective January 1, 2019.
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Establishes that for assessment purposes, the true tax value of real property means fair market value.
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Voids 50 IAC 2.4-1 of the Indiana Administrative Code, which required real property assessments to be based on the 2011 real property assessment manual, effective January 1, 2019.
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Requires the legislative services agency to prepare conforming amendments to the Indiana Code necessary to implement this act for introduction in the 2019 regular session.
Legislative Description
Expedited assessment appeals. Provides that the appeal process for an assessment, deduction, or other appealable item begins with a hearing before the assessing official who made the assessment. Eliminates the preliminary informal meeting with the assessing official who made the assessment. Provides that for assessment purposes the true tax value of real property is the fair market value of the property. Voids the rule of the Indiana Administrative Code that requires assessments of real property to be based on the 2011 real property assessment manual.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/9/2018