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HOUSE BILL NO. 146, As Amended – Property tax, appeals, time

HOUSE BILL NO. 146, As Amended

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H0146aa.............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
PROPERTY TAX - APPEALS - Amends existing law to provide that the county
auditor shall submit all appeals to the Board of Tax Appeals within thirty
days of being notified of the appeal or by no later than October 1,
whichever is later; to provide that following the filing of a timely notice
of appeal to the Board of Tax Appeals for a property tax appeal hearing, a
hearing will be set, conducted, and a decision shall be rendered by May 1;
and to provide that an appeal hearing may be delayed or continued upon the
written agreement of all parties.

02/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
02/18    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
02/19    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/22    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/24    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 65-0-5
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Denney,
      Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Hadley, Hammond,
      Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd,
      Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Loertscher, Mader,
      Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner,
      Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Schaefer, Sellman,
      Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor(Taylor), Tilman,
      Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Deal, Gould, Linford, Sali, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Mader
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/25    Senate intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Loc Gov
03/09    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/10    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/11    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Parry
    Floor Sponsor - Wheeler
    Title apvd - to House
03/12    To enrol
03/15    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/16    Pres signed - to Governor
03/18    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 107
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


H0146


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              HOUSE BILL NO. 146, As Amended

                            BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TAX APPEALS; AMENDING SECTION 63-511, IDAHO CODE,  TO
 3        PROVIDE  THAT  THE COUNTY AUDITOR SHALL SUBMIT ALL APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF
 4        TAX APPEALS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF BEING NOTIFIED OF THE APPEAL  OR  BY  NO
 5        LATER  THAN  OCTOBER  1, WHICHEVER IS LATER; AND AMENDING SECTION 63-3809,
 6        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT FOLLOWING THE FILING OF  A  TIMELY  NOTICE  OF
 7        APPEAL  TO  THE  BOARD OF TAX APPEALS FOR A PROPERTY TAX APPEAL HEARING, A
 8        HEARING WILL BE SET, CONDUCTED AND A DECISION SHALL BE RENDERED  NO  LATER
 9        THAN MAY 1 AND TO PROVIDE THAT AN APPEAL HEARING MAY BE DELAYED OR CONTIN-
10        UED UPON THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT OF ALL PARTIES.

11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

12        SECTION  1.  That  Section  63-511, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
13    amended to read as follows:

14        63-511.  APPEALS FROM COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. (1)  Any  time  within
15    thirty  (30) days after mailing of notice of a decision of the board of equal-
16    ization, or pronouncement of a decision announced at a hearing, an  appeal  of
17    any  act,  order or proceeding of the board of equalization, or the failure of
18    the board of equalization to act may be taken to the  board  of  tax  appeals.
19    Such  appeal  may only be filed by the property owner, the assessor, the state
20    tax commission or by a person aggrieved when he deems  such action illegal  or
21    prejudicial to the public interest. Nothing in this section shall be construed
22    so as to suspend the payment of property taxes pending said appeal.
23        (2)  Notice  of  such  appeal  stating the grounds therefor shall be filed
24    with the county auditor, who shall forthwith transmit  to  the  board  of  tax
25    appeals  a  copy of said notice, together with a certified copy of the minutes
26    of the proceedings of the board of equalization resulting in such  act,  order
27    or proceeding, or a certificate to be furnished by the clerk of the board that
28    said  board  of  equalization has failed to act in the time required by law on
29    any complaint, protest,  objection,  application  or  petition  in  regard  to
30    assessment  of the complainant's property, or a petition of the state tax com-
31    mission. The county auditor shall also forthwith transmit all  evidence  taken
32    in  connection with the matter appealed.  The county auditor shall submit
33    all such appeals to the board of tax appeals within thirty (30) days of  being
34    notified  of  the  appeal  or  by no later than October 1, whichever is later.
35     The board of tax appeals may receive further evidence and will hear the
36    appeal as provided in chapter 38, title 63, Idaho Code.
37        (3)  Any appeal that may be taken to the board of tax appeals may,  during
38    the  same  time period, be taken to the district court for the county in which
39    the property is located.

40        SECTION 2.  That Section 63-3809, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
41    amended to read as follows:


                                          2

 1        63-3809.  HEARINGS  --  MATTER  CONSIDERED BY BOARD TO BE OF PUBLIC IMPOR-
 2    TANCE. Hearing assignments will be made by the chairman.
 3        (1)  A hearing will be conducted and a recommended decision rendered by  a
 4    hearing  officer  or  by one (1) member of the board. The recommended decision
 5    shall become final when signed by at least two (2) board members.
 6        (2)  If the recommended decision fails to gain the signature  of  two  (2)
 7    members,   the chairman shall direct that a substitute recommended decision be
 8    drafted for submission to board members and which shall become final upon  the
 9    signature of two (2) or more members.
10        (3)  Prior  to  a final decision being rendered, if, in the opinion of one
11    (1) or more members of the board, a matter is of sufficient importance to  the
12    public,  it may be certified for consideration by the entire board either at a
13    hearing or upon a transcript of a hearing held by one (1) of its  members  and
14    recorded in any suitable manner.
15          (4)  Following the filing of a timely notice of appeal to the board
16    of tax appeals for a property tax appeal hearing, a hearing will be set,  con-
17    ducted and a decision shall be rendered no later than May 1. An appeal hearing
18    may be delayed or continued upon written agreement of all parties. 

Amendment


AH0146


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                       Moved by     Mader                

                                       Seconded by  Chase                


                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                             HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 146

 1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2
 2        On page 2 of the printed bill, in line 17,  delete " within one  hun-
 3    dred eighty (180) days " and insert: " no later than May 1 ".

 4                                 CORRECTION TO TITLE
 5        On  page  1,  delete  lines 8 and 9 and insert: "HEARING WILL BE SET, CON-
 6    DUCTED AND A DECISION SHALL BE RENDERED NO LATER THAN MAY  1  AND  TO  PROVIDE
 7    THAT AN APPEAL HEARING MAY BE DELAYED".

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                              RS 08586

The purpose of this bill is to require the county clerk to
submit all Board of Equalization appeals to the Board of Tax
Appeals within thirty (30) days of being notified or by no later
than October 1. The bill also requires the Board of Tax Appeals to
set a hearing date, conduct the hearing and render a decision on
property tax appeals within one hundred and eighty (180) days. The
bill would also permit a hearing to be delayed upon written
agreement of all parties.



                            FISCAL NOTE
                                  

No fiscal impact on the State General Fund nor any political
subdivision.




CONTACT: Idaho Association of Counties      Phone: 345-9126
       Dan Chadwick, Tony Poinelli, Paul Beddoe
       
       
       
       
                                         STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE  Bill No   H 146