79-1479. Appraisal of property; submission of progress reports; duties and authorities of director of property valuation and state board of tax appeals relating to compliance with reappraisal guidelines and timetables; complaint procedure; review of valuations after completion of reappraisal; compliance plans, approval and enforcement. (a) On or before January 15, 1992, and quarterly thereafter, the county or district appraiser shall submit to the director of property valuation a progress report indicating actions taken during the preceding quarter calendar year to implement the appraisal of property in the county or district. Whenever the director of property valuation shall determine that any county has failed, neglected or refused to properly provide for the appraisal of property or the updating of the appraisals on an annual basis in substantial compliance with the provisions of law and the guidelines and timetables prescribed by the director, the director shall file with the state board of tax appeals a complaint stating the facts upon which the director has made the determination of noncompliance as provided by K.S.A. 79-1413a, and amendments thereto. If, as a result of such proceeding, the state board of tax appeals finds that the county is not in substantial compliance with the provisions of law and the guidelines and timetables of the director of property valuation providing for the appraisal of all property in the county or the updating of the appraisals on an annual basis, it shall order the immediate assumption of the duties of the office of county appraiser by the director of the division of property valuation until such time as the director of property valuation determines that the county is in substantial compliance with the provisions of law. In addition, the board shall order the state treasurer to withhold all or a portion of the county's entitlement to moneys from either or both of the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the city and county revenue sharing fund for the year following the year in which the order is issued. Upon service of any such order on the board of county commissioners, the appraiser shall immediately deliver to the director of property valuation, or the director's designee, all books, records and papers pertaining to the appraiser's office.
Any county for which the director of the division of property valuation is ordered by the state board of tax appeals to assume the responsibility and duties of the office of county appraiser shall reimburse the state for the actual costs incurred by the director of the division of property valuation in the assumption and carrying out of such responsibility and duties, including any contracting costs in the event it is necessary for the director of property valuation to contract with private appraisal firms to carry out such responsibilities and duties.
(b) On or before June 1 of each year, the director of property valuation shall review the appraisal of property in each county or district to determine if property within the county or district is being appraised or valued in accordance with the requirements of law. If the director determines the property in any county or district is not being appraised in accordance with the requirements of law, the director of property valuation shall notify the county or district appraiser and the board of county commissioners of any county or counties affected that the county has 30 days within which to submit to the director a plan for bringing the appraisal of property within the county into compliance.
If a plan is submitted and approved by the director the county or district shall proceed to implement the plan as submitted. The director shall continue to monitor the program to insure that the plan is implemented as submitted. If no plan is submitted or if the director does not approve the plan, the director shall petition the state board of tax appeals for a review of the plan or, if no plan is submitted, for authority for the division of property valuation to assume control of the appraisal program of the county and to proceed to bring the same into compliance with the requirements of law.
If the state board of tax appeals approves the plan, the county or district appraiser shall proceed to implement the plan as submitted. If no plan has been submitted or the plan submitted is not approved, the board shall fix a time within which the county may submit a plan or an amended plan for approval. If no plan is submitted and approved within the time prescribed by the board, the board shall order the division of property valuation to assume control of the appraisal program of the county and shall certify its order to the state treasurer who shall withhold distributions of the county's share of moneys from the county and city revenue sharing fund and the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and credit the same to the general fund of the state for the year following the year in which the board's order is made. The director of property valuation shall certify the amount of the cost incurred by the division in bringing the program in compliance to the state board of tax appeals. The board shall order the county commissioners to reimburse the state for such costs.
(c) The state board of tax appeals shall within 60 days after the publication of the Kansas assessment/sales ratio study review such publication to determine county compliance with K.S.A. 79-1439, and amendments thereto. If in the determination of the board one or more counties are not in substantial compliance and the director of property valuation has not acted under subsection (b), the board shall order the director of property valuation to take such corrective action as is necessary or to show cause for noncompliance.
History: L. 1985, ch. 314, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 162, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 109, § 92; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 100; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 14 - Property Valuation, Equalizing Assessments, Appraisers And Assessment Of Property
79-1401 Powers and duties of director of property valuation; meetings of county assessors, expenses.
79-1404 General duties and powers of director of property valuation.
79-1404a Review of valuation changes of appraiser by director of property valuation.
79-1405 Violation of laws and regulations by officers.
79-1408 Interrogatories and questions for taxpayers; penalties.
79-1410 Abstracts of assessments, tabulations.
79-1411a County as assessment administration unit.
79-1412a Powers and duties of county and district appraisers; limitations.
79-1412d Application of 79-1412a.
79-1420 Fraudulent listing or evasion by taxpayer; penalty; prosecution.
79-1424 Bank records not to be produced or examined.
79-1427b Waiver of penalties on certain escaped personal property.
79-1437e Same; inapplicability to certain transfers of title.
79-1437f Same; disposition and use of contents thereof, to and by whom.
79-1437g Same; penalty for violations.
79-1439a Classification of certain not-for-profit organization real property; assessment rate.
79-1439b Recoupment of tax when property classified under 79-1439a changes use; procedures.
79-1439c Classification of certain commercial and industrial machinery and equipment.
79-1450 Construction of certain terms.
79-1455 County as separate appraisal district; duty to appraise annually.
79-1458 Installation and maintenance of records and data; open to public inspection.
79-1460a Publication of results of market study analysis.
79-1462 Same; refusal to give evidence; penalty.
79-1463 Notice of violations to county attorney.
79-1465 Duty to make changes in classification and value of property, when.
79-1466 Transmission of completed real property appraisals to county clerk, when; contents.
79-1467 Transmission of completed personal property appraisals to county clerk, when; contents.
79-1468 Preparation and furnishing of taxing unit map by county clerk to county appraiser; contents.
79-1469 Showing by taxing unit number on appraisal record of property location.
79-1471 Submission of budget; appointment of assistants; attendance at appraisal schools.
79-1472 Attendance of county appraiser or designee at meetings of board of equalization.
79-1473 Penalty for neglect of duty by county appraiser or employee.
79-1474 Waiver of taxes and penalties upon certain personal property if timely reporting made.
79-1476a Application of 79-1476.
79-1480 Same; maintenance of valuation listings, contents; public inspection.
79-1482 Statewide reappraisal of real property; tax levy to pay costs of reappraisal.
79-1483 Same; rules and regulations; forms.
79-1485 Kansas real estate ratio study act; purposes.
79-1487 Same; duties of local officials; access of records by director.
79-1488 Same; authorities and duties of director.
79-1489 Same; notification of ratios to county by the director; appeals, procedure.
79-1490 Same; publishing of study, when.
79-1491 Same; rules and regulations.
79-1492 Same; application of act.
79-1493 Same; authority to compile and publish other statistics not affected.
79-1495 Computer-assisted mass-appraisal system; verification of accuracy; requirements.