Section 1570. Standards of real property tax administration  


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  • 1. For purposes
      of   this   article,  on  or  before  January  first,  nineteen  hundred
      seventy-eight, the state board shall promulgate  rules  and  regulations
      establishing  minimum  standards  for  a  system  of  real  property tax
      administration to include but not be limited to:
        (a) the collection and maintenance of real property valuation data;
        (b) the maintenance of records of transfers of real property;
        (c) the preparation of assessment rolls;
        (d) the full disclosure to owners of real property as to the estimated
      effect of any changes in the assessed valuation of real property;
        (e) the preparation of tax rolls and tax bills; and
        (f) a system of accounting for the collection of real property taxes.
        2. For purposes of paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision one  of  this
      section,  such  rules  and  regulations  shall be promulgated only after
      consultation with the department of audit and control.
        3. The state board may provide technical services to an assessing unit
      or to a county acting on behalf of any or  all  assessing  units  within
      such county to assist in the implementation of a system of real property
      tax  administration which conforms to the standards established pursuant
      to subdivision one of  this  section.  Such  services  may  include  the
      provision  of  electronic  data  processing  time  and  programs and the
      provision of advice and assistance in  the  managing  of  contracts  for
      electronic data processing services.