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Requiring county and city property assessors to stand for retention at election and including applicability provisions
Topics:Cities & counties
Same legislation: SF 411
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 28, 2019
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 411
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 411 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 411 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires that county and city property assessors stand for retention at the general election or regular city election every four years. Under the bill, county assessors may stand for retention at the 2020 general election and every four years thereafter, and city assessors may stand for retention at the 2021 regular city election and every four years thereafter. Under current law, an assessor serves a term of six years and is required to complete certain continuing education requirements during the term of office.
Read the full explanation
Under the bill, the terms of assessors are reduced to four years, and the continuing education requirements are reduced proportionally. Under current law, a county or city conference board provides for the appointment and reappointment of county and city assessors, respectively. Under the bill, an assessor is only permitted to stand for retention at an election upon receiving the approval of the conference board. The bill makes corresponding changes related to the terms of office for deputy assessors. The bill applies to the office of county assessor beginning with the general election in November 2020 and to the office of city assessor beginning with the regular city election in November 2021.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 17, 2019. On February 1, 2019 it recommended passage.
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Lobbying
2 for · 11 against · 12 undecided · Who →
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