PROPOSED AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2253
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
“Section 1. Joint legislative study committee on the property valuation, appeals, tax and state and local budget calendar
A. The joint legislative study committee on the property valuation, appeals, tax and state and local budget calendar is established consisting of the following members:
1. One member of the senate committee on finance who is appointed by the chairperson of the senate committee on finance.
2. One member of the house of representatives committee on ways and means who is appointed by the chairperson of the house of representatives committee on ways and means.
3. One county assessor within a county with a population of five hundred thousand persons or more who is appointed by the president of the senate.
4. One county assessor within a county with a population less than five hundred thousand persons who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
5. A person from a statewide taxpayer association appointed by the president of the senate.
6. A person of represents taxpayers in the property tax appeals process appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
7. A person from the business community who is appointed by the president of the senate.
8. A member of a state board of equalization who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
9. The governor or the governor’s designee.
B. The study committee on property valuation, appeals, tax, and state and local budget calendar shall:
1. Conduct local hearings and collect and analyze information relating to the current property valuation, appeals, tax and state and local budget calendar.
2. Examine the impact that changes to the existing calendars will have on the state and local government budget process, including any impacts relating to the existing truth-in-taxation statutes for state and local governments, and the impact on the constitutional levy limits for counties, community college districts and cities and towns.
3. Examine the ability of each county to produce accurate property values as a result of changes to the current valuation calendar, including a method to correct mass appraisal errors discovered subsequent to mailing the notices of valuations.
4. Examine the impact that a condensed property tax appeals calendar will have on taxpayers.
C. Submit a report regarding the study committee’s activities, findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before September 1, 2015.”
Amend title to conform