Chapter 3. The Equalized County Assessment Roll of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3.

Whenever, for the purpose of determining the assessed value of property on the county assessment roll or determining the names or addresses of assessees on such roll, the State Constitution, any law, any charter of a city or a county, or any ordinance, resolution, order or regulation of any city, county or other public corporation makes reference to the "last equalized county assessment roll" in those words or in similar words, or in any words intended to refer to the latest or current assessment roll of the county, such roll (hereinafter referred to as the "last equalized roll") shall be ascertained in accordance with the rules provided in this chapter.

The last equalized roll means the entire assessment roll as defined in Section 109.

The local roll as delivered to the auditor pursuant to Section 617, including any changes made by the county board during the month of July, together with the board roll as transmitted to the auditor pursuant to Section 756 and the estimate with any changes transmitted pursuant to Section 755, shall become the last equalized roll on August 20, and such rolls together shall continue to be the last equalized roll, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, (a) for the purpose of computing any debt limit for the issuance of bonds of any public entity that is based on a percentage of assessed valuation as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and (b) for all other purposes, until the assessment roll for the following year becomes the last equalized roll in accordance with the provisions of this section.

If the board makes any change in the local roll pursuant to Sections 1840 and 1841, the local roll as so changed, together with the board roll as transmitted to the auditor pursuant to Section 756 and the estimate with any changes transmitted pursuant to Section 755, shall become the last equalized roll on the date the auditor receives notice of the action of the board, except for the purpose of computing any debt limit referred to in Section 2052.

If the county board of equalization, or an assessment appeals board, as the case may be, makes any changes in the local roll pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1601), and including any other changes in the local roll made pursuant to law, together with the board roll as transmitted to the auditor pursuant to Section 756 and the estimate with any changes transmitted pursuant to Section 755, shall become the last equalized roll on the third day after the final adjournment of the county board of equalization or all assessment appeals boards of the county as the case may be, except for the purpose of computing any debt limit referred to in Section 2052.

Whenever it becomes necessary for any purpose otherwise required by law to determine the assessed value of public property or other property exempt from taxation, as such assessed value is shown on the last equalized roll, and no value is shown on the roll for such property, and there is no other applicable provision for determining such assessed value, the assessor shall, upon request, provide in writing an estimate of the value according to his current assessment practices, and such estimate shall be deemed to be the assessed value for such purpose.

In any county in which tax receipts derived from the assessment of water rights have been impounded by reason of court litigation, whenever any state department, board or agency allocates funds to the county or any district lying wholly or partly within the county upon the basis of the assessed valuation of property, the value of all land, improvements and tangible personal property entered upon the local roll of the county after equalization, shall be adjusted for purposes of such allocation to eliminate the assessed valuation as to which the taxes were impounded.