Section 1624.4 Of Article 1.5. Equalization By Assessment Appeals Board From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.5.
1624.4
. (a) The party affected by an equalization proceeding or his
or her agent, or the assessor, may make and file with the clerk of
the assessment appeals board in which the proceeding is pending a
written statement objecting to the hearing of a matter before a
member of the board, and setting forth the facts constituting the
ground of the disqualification of the member. Copies of the written
statement shall be served by the presenting party on each party in
the proceeding and on the board member alleged in the statement to be
disqualified.
(b) Within 10 days after the filing of the statement, or within 10
days after the service of the statement as provided in subdivision
(a), whichever is later, the board member alleged therein to be
disqualified may file with the clerk his or her consent in writing
that the action or proceeding be tried before another member, or may
file with the clerk his or her written answer admitting or denying
any or all of the allegations contained in the statement and setting
forth any additional fact or facts material or relevant to the
question of his or her disqualification. The clerk shall transmit a
copy of the member's consent or answer to each party who shall have
appeared in the proceeding. Every statement and every answer shall be
verified by oath in the manner prescribed by Section 446 of the Code
of Civil Procedure for the verification of pleadings. The statement
of a party objecting to the member on the ground of the member's
disqualification, shall be presented at the earliest practicable
opportunity, after discovery of the facts constituting the ground of
the member's disqualification, and in any event before the
commencement of the hearing of any issue of fact in the proceeding
before the member.
(c) No member of the board, who shall deny his or her own
disqualification, shall hear or pass upon the question of the
disqualification. The question of the member's disqualification shall
be heard and determined by some other member agreed upon by the
parties who have appeared in the proceeding, or, in the event of
their failing to agree, by a member assigned to act by the clerk.
Within five days after the expiration of the time allowed by this
section for the member to answer, the clerk shall assign a member,
not disqualified, to hear and determine the matter of the
disqualification.