HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04191988 - 1.41 *� BOAR®.OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: . Phil Batchelor, Contra
County Administrator CxJ.7lGl
DATE* April 11, 1988 (JO^
SUBJECT
Legislation: Assembly Bill 2717 (Klebs)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) 'OR RECOMNENDAT.ION(S) & BACKGROUND AND ,JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:-
Adopt , a
ECOMMENDATIONrAdopt, a position of opposition to AB 2717 by Assemblyman Klehs
which would effectively, make it. impossible for the Assessor to
hire private assessors for appeals cases.
BACKGROUND:
Under existing law, appraisals of property may either be done by
employees of the Assessor' s Office or by contract appraisers. In
Contra, Costa� County initial appraisals are done by the Assessor' s
staff.. In cases where the property- owner appeals the Assessor' s
valuation of the property the Assessor may contract for an
outside expert appraisal, particularly where the property is
relatively unique or the issues involved are extremely complex.
. A contract appraiser is compensated based on the complexity of
the case and the time required to properly value the property and
testify at the appeals-hearing.
Assemblyman Klehs has 'introduced AB . 2717 which, as amended March
14, 1988, provides. that. any contract for appraisal work by the
individual who is not an employee of the State, a county or city
must 'contain- a provision that in the event of an appeal the
appraisal work will be defended at .no additional charge.
It is alleged that. the reason for AB 2717 is to discourage a
contract appraiser from artificially inflating the appraisal on a
piece of property, thereby encouraging an appeal for which the
appraiser can then be paid again. However, the .' Assessor says
what the practical consequen%ce will .be is to prevent the Assessor
from using a contract appraiser, since he cannot pay extra for
appeals work.
In those cases where a contract appraiser does ' the initial .
valuation of . the .property, it is reasonable to assume the
appraiser will charge more for the initial appraisal to cover the
possibility of an appeal. In addition, a contract appraiser can
be expected to under-value propertyin an effort to avoid any.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT* YES - SIGNATURE:
_.RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE OTHER
S I GNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON. Apri1 19, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE .OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT �— ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED APR 19- •1988
County Assessor;`,:
CSAC PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Ralph ,Helm, Jackson/Barlsh . SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblyman° klehs p /�
M382/T-83
BY C ` 'DEPUTY
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appeals, thereby depriving all taxing jurisdictions .of revenue to
which they are Ientitled.'
The Assessor urges the Board of Supervisors to oppose AB 2717 and
this office concurs with that recommendation.