Article 5. Reassessments of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 5.

On or before August 1 the board shall complete the assessment of all property required to be assessed and shall notify the assessees thereof. This notice shall include an announcement of the statutory period during which, and the place at which, a petition for reassessment may be filed.

Between August 1 and August 21, the assessments made by the board shall be open for inspection by all persons interested.

(a) The owner or assessee may file a petition for reassessment on or before September 20. If the petition is not filed on or before September 20, or, if the period is extended by the board, by October 5, the assessment of the board shall be final.
  (b) The board may extend the period for filing a petition until October 5 provided a written request for the extension is filed with the board on or before September 20.
  (c) The board shall hear the applicant on such petition on or before January 31.

(a) Any assessment made outside of the regular assessment period may be the subject of a petition for reassessment. A petition for reassessment may be filed on or before the 50th day following the date of the notice of assessment.
  (b) The board may extend the deadline for filing a petition for a period not to exceed 15 days, provided a written request for the extension is filed with the board on or before the expiration of the period for which the extension may be granted.
  (c) If a petition for reassessment is not timely filed, the assessment of the board shall be final. The board may consider a petition which is not timely filed to be a claim for refund.
  (d) The board shall hear the applicant on the petition within 90 days of the date on which the petition was filed.

Every petition for reassessment filed under Section 11338 or Section 11339 shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the petition is founded. The petition shall include a statement of the petitioner's opinion of value of the private railroad cars assessed. Any petition that does not meet the requirements of this section shall be deemed invalid and shall not be acted upon by the board. A petition timely filed but deemed invalid may be amended or supplemented and refiled within such time as the board may prescribe; provided, however, that no amendment of a petition filed under Section 11338 may be filed later than December 31.

(a) The board shall render its decision on the petition for reassessment within 45 days of the date of the hearing on the petition, and shall mail notice of its decision to the applicant.
  (b) If the board determines that the amount of the assessment should be increased, the notice shall advise the applicant of the amount of additional tax that is due, and the date by which payment must be made. If the additional tax is not paid within 15 days following the date on which notice is mailed, it is delinquent, and a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the additional tax shall be added thereto, plus interest on the amount of the additional tax at the rate of 3/4 of 1 percent per month, or fraction thereof, from the date on which the additional tax became due until the date of payment.
  (c) If the board determines that the amount of the assessment should be reduced, the notice shall advise the applicant of the amount of the tax that will be refunded or credited. The board shall proceed to refund or credit the overpayment in the manner prescribed in Section 11551, and interest shall be added to the credit or refund in the amount provided in Section 11555.

A petitioner may request the board to close to the public a portion of the hearing by filing a declaration under penalty of perjury that evidence is to be presented which relates to trade secrets, the disclosure of which will be detrimental to the business interests of the owner of the trade secrets. If the board grants the request, only evidence relating to the trade secrets may be presented during the time the hearing is closed.