Bill Text: IN SB0012 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: County and township assessor qualifications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government [SB0012 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0012-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 3-8-1; IC 6-1.1-35.5-1.2; IC 36-2; IC 36-6-5-4.
Synopsis: County and township assessor qualifications. Provides that
after June 30, 2013, each: (1) county assessor; and (2) township
assessor; who has not attained the certification of a level three
assessor-appraiser must either employ a certified level three
assessor-appraiser or retain the services of a certified level three
assessor-appraiser as an independent contractor. Provides that if an
assessor does not comply with these requirements, the county executive
shall order the county auditor to withhold the salary of the assessor,
unless the county executive makes certain findings. Deletes the
requirement that candidates for county assessor must have attained the
certification of a level three assessor-appraiser. Deletes the requirement
that candidates for township assessor must have attained the
certification of a level three assessor-appraiser before taking office.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
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(1) have resided in the county for at least one (1) year before the election, as provided in Article 6, Section 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana;
(2) own real property located in the county upon taking office; and
(3) have attained the certification of a level two assessor-appraiser under IC 6-1.1-35.5.
and
(2) runs in an election after January 1, 2012;
must have attained the certification of a level three assessor-appraiser
under IC 6-1.1-35.5.
(d) A candidate for the office of county assessor who:
(1) held the office of county assessor on January 1, 2012; and
(2) runs in an election after January 1, 2016;
must have attained the certification of a level three assessor-appraiser
under IC 6-1.1-35.5.
(1) county assessor; and
(2) township assessor;
who has not attained the certification of a level three assessor-appraiser under this chapter must either employ at least one (1) certified level three assessor-appraiser or retain the services of at least one (1) certified level three assessor-appraiser as an independent contractor.
(b) If an assessor does not comply with subsection (a), the county executive shall order the county auditor to withhold the salary of the assessor, and the county auditor shall withhold the assessor's salary until the assessor complies with subsection (a), unless the county executive finds that:
(1) the failure of the assessor to comply with subsection (a) is the result of unusual circumstances beyond the control of the assessor;
(2) the assessor is making efforts to comply with subsection (a); and
(3) because of the unusual circumstances described in subdivision (1), withholding the salary of the assessor would be unreasonable.
(c) If:
(1) the county executive orders a county auditor to withhold the salary of an assessor under subsection (b); and
(2) the assessor subsequently complies with subsection (a);
the assessor is not entitled to the assessor's salary for the period during which the assessor's salary was withheld under subsection (b).
(1) Countywide equalization.
(2) Selection and maintenance of a countywide computer system.
(3) Certification of gross assessments to the county auditor.
(4) Discovery of omitted property.
(5) In:
(A) a township in which the transfer of duties of the elected township assessor is required by subsection (c); or
(B) a township in which the duties relating to the assessment of tangible property are not required to be performed by a township assessor elected under IC 36-6-5;
performance of the assessment duties prescribed by IC 6-1.1.
(b) A transfer of duties between assessors does not affect:
(1) any assessment, assessment appeal, or other official action made by an assessor before the transfer; or
(2) any pending action against, or the rights of any party that may possess a legal claim against, an assessor that is not described in subdivision (1).
Any assessment, assessment appeal, or other official action of an assessor made by the assessor within the scope of the assessor's official duties before the transfer is considered as having been made by the assessor to whom the duties are transferred.
(c) If:
(1) for a particular general election after
(2) for
session of the general assembly);
before the date the term of office begins, the assessment duties
prescribed by IC 6-1.1 that would otherwise be performed in the
township by the township assessor are transferred to the county
assessor on that date. If assessment duties in a township are transferred
to the county assessor under this subsection, those assessment duties
are transferred back to the township assessor if at a later election a
person who has attained the required level of certification referred to
in subdivision (1) or (2) (as applicable) is elected to the office of
township assessor.
(d) If assessment duties in a township are transferred to the county
assessor under subsection (c), the office of elected township assessor
remains vacant for the period during which the assessment duties
prescribed by IC 6-1.1 are transferred to the county assessor.
(e) A referendum shall be held under sections 7.4 through 11 of this
chapter in each township in which the number of parcels of real
property on January 1, 2008, is at least fifteen thousand (15,000) to
determine whether to transfer to the county assessor the assessment
duties prescribed by IC 6-1.1 that would otherwise be performed by the
elected township assessor of the township.
(b)