Introduced Version




HOUSE BILL No. 1384

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 6-1.1-28-1 ; IC 36-2-15 ; IC 36-6-8-6.

Synopsis: Property tax administration. Provides that if the county assessor is a certified level 2 assessor-appraiser, the board of county commissioners may waive the requirement that one of the freehold members appointed by the board to the county property tax assessment board of appeals must be a certified level 2 assessor-appraiser. Allows the county assessor, fiscal body, and commissioners in some cases to waive certain requirements concerning the membership of the board of appeals. Provides that beginning January 1, 2001, in each county the assessor or an employee of the county assessor must be a certified level 2 assessor-appraiser. Provides that a county assessor who becomes a certified level 2 assessor-appraiser is entitled to a salary increase of
$1,000 after the assessor's certification. Provides that a person who is a certified level 2 assessor-appraiser who replaces a county assessor who is not so certified is entitled to a salary of $1,000 more than the salary of the person's predecessor. Provides that an employee of a county assessor or township assessor who becomes a certified level 2 assessor-appraiser is entitled to a salary increase of $500 after the employee's certification.


Effective: July 1, 2000; January 1, 2001.



Scholer, Klinker


    January 11, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.




Introduced

Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1384


    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 6-1.1-28-1; (00)IN1384.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-1.1-28-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 1. (a) Each county shall have a county property tax assessment board of appeals composed of individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and knowledgeable in the valuation of property.
     (b) Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g), the fiscal body of the county shall appoint two (2) individuals to the board. At least one (1) of the members appointed by the county fiscal body must be a certified level two 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser.
     (c) Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g), the board of commissioners of the county shall appoint two (2) freehold members so that not more than three (3) of the five (5) members may be of the same political party and so that at least three (3) of the five (5) members are residents of the county. At least one (1) of the members appointed by the board of county commissioners must be a certified level two 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser. However, if the county assessor is a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser, the board

of county commissioners may waive the requirement that one (1) of the freehold members appointed by the board of county commissioners must be a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser.
     (d) A person appointed to a property tax assessment board of appeals may not serve on the property tax assessment board of appeals of another county at the same time.
     (e) The members of the board shall elect a president. The employees of the county assessor shall provide administrative support to the property tax assessment board of appeals. The county assessor is a voting member of the property tax assessment board of appeals and shall serve as secretary of the board. The secretary shall keep full and accurate minutes of the proceedings of the board. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. Any question properly before the board may be decided by the agreement of a majority of the whole board.
     (f) If there are not two (2) freeholders in a county who are certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraisers and who are willing to serve on the county property tax assessment board of appeals, the certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraisers appointed to the board by the county fiscal body and the board of county commissioners may reside outside the county.
     (g) The county assessor, county fiscal body, and board of county commissioners may agree to waive the requirement that not more than three (3) of the five (5) members of the county property tax assessment board of appeals may be of the same political party if it is necessary to waive the requirement because there are no certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraisers who are willing to serve on the board and who are members of the political party that would otherwise be represented by two (2) members under subsection (c).

SOURCE: IC 36-2-15-7; (00)IN1384.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 36-2-15-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2001]: Sec. 7. In each county, the county assessor or an employee of the county assessor must be a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser.
SOURCE: IC 36-2-15-8; (00)IN1384.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 36-2-15-8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 8. (a) A county assessor who becomes a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser is entitled to a salary increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000) after the assessor's certification under IC 6-1.1-35.5.
    (b) A person who is a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser who replaces a county assessor who is not so certified is entitled to a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) more than the salary of the person's predecessor.
    (c) An employee of a county assessor who becomes a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser is entitled to a salary increase of five hundred dollars ($500) after the employee's certification under IC 6-1.1-35.5.
    (d) A salary increase under this section comprises a part of the county assessor's or employee's base salary for as long as the person serves in that position and maintains the level 2 certification.
SOURCE: IC 36-6-8-6; (00)IN1384.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 36-6-8-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 6. (a) A township assessor who becomes a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser is entitled to a salary increase of one thousand dollars ($1,000) after his the assessor's certification under IC 6-1.1-35.5.
    (b) A certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser who replaces a township assessor who is not so certified is entitled to a salary of one thousand dollars ($1,000) more than his predecessor's the salary of the person's predecessor.
    (c) An employee of a township assessor who becomes a certified level 2 Indiana assessor-appraiser is entitled to a salary increase of five hundred dollars ($500) after the employee's certification under IC 6-1.1-35.5.
     (d) A salary increase under this section comprises a part of the township assessor's or employee's base salary for as long as he the person serves in that position and maintains the level 2 certification.