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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 211

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Relating to: a property owner's right to refuse entry into his or her home for assessment purposes and conditions for appearing before the board of review.

Property tax — Assessment

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from appearing before the board of review to

contest the assessed value of the person's property if the person has refused a

reasonable written request from the assessor to view the property or if the property

is valued using the income method and the person has not provided income

information to the assessor. A person who is prohibited from appearing before the

board of review is also barred from filing a claim for an excessive assessment with

the taxation district.

This bill allows a person who has refused a reasonable written request to view

the person's property to appear before the board of review to contest the property's

assessed value and, ultimately, to file a claim with the taxation district for an

excessive assessment. The bill also provides that the assessor may not increase the

value of a person's property based on the person's refusal to allow entry to the

assessor. In addition, the bill requires an assessor to provide written notice to each

owner of residential property regarding the property owner's right to refuse entry to

his or her residence for property tax assessment purposes. Finally, the bill allows a

person who has not complied with a request to provide income information to the

assessor to file a claim for an excessive assessment even though the person is

prohibited from appearing before the board of review.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jarchow (R) , Katsma (R) , Kremer (R) , Murphy (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Ripp (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

4 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Apr 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives R. Brooks, Jarchow, Sanfelippo, Horlacher, Gannon, Thiesfeldt, Ripp, Murphy, Schraa, Kremer, Katsma, Brandtjen, Quinn and Hutton; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Nass, Kapenga and Wanggaard

  2. Apr 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Apr 11, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative R. Brooks

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1