Article 3. Reassessments And Allocation Corrections of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.

A petition for reassessment of unitary or nonunitary property shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which it is claimed a correction or adjustment of the assessment is founded. The petition shall be delivered to the board at its headquarters office in Sacramento.

Upon receipt of a timely petition for reassessment, the board shall set a time and place within the state for hearing on the petition. Notice thereof shall be mailed to the assessee at its address as shown in the records of the board, not less than 10 working days in advance of the date of the hearing.

The hearing may be continued by the board for good cause. The hearing shall be open to the public, except that upon conclusion of the taking of evidence the board may deliberate in private with the aid of its staff in reaching a conclusion. Upon written request, the board shall make a full record of the hearing and furnish the petitioner with a transcript thereof at the petitioner's expense.

(a) The board shall notify the petitioner of its decision on a petition for reassessment by mail and shall make written findings and conclusions if requested at or prior to the commencement of the hearing. The board shall send a periodic report of its decisions and any written findings and conclusions thereon to each county in which affected state-assessed property is situated. The findings shall fairly disclose the board's determination of material factual issues and shall contain a statement of the method or methods of valuation used by the board in valuing the property. Notwithstanding the requirement for a statement of method or methods, the board's approval of a settlement of a lawsuit contesting the value of state-assessed property shall be sufficient disclosure when value is determined in accordance with a board-approved settlement. Decisions of the board on petitions for reassessment of state-assessed property shall be completed on or before December 31.
  (b) When the value of an assessee's state-assessed property is determined, after a hearing on a petition for reassessment, to be different from the value originally adopted by the board, the board shall determine the year in which the corrected value is to be entered on the roll. The correct value may be entered on the roll for the fiscal year in which the determination is made, or the difference between the original and the corrected value may be entered as an increase or decrease in the assessment for the succeeding fiscal year. If the corrected value is entered on the roll for the fiscal year in which it is determined, and the board roll has been transmitted to the county auditors, the board shall make the corresponding changes in allocations and transmit the roll corrections to the county auditor.
  (c) If the amount of the correction is to be entered on the roll for the succeeding fiscal year, an amount is to be added in lieu of interest. If the correction results in a reduction in assessed value, there shall be added to the reduction, in lieu of interest, 9 percent of the difference between the original assessed value and the reduced assessed value. If the correction results in an increase in assessed value, there shall be added to the increase, in lieu of interest, 9 percent of the difference between the original assessed value and the increased assessed value.

The assessment of the unitary and operating nonunitary property of an assessee shall be allocated to assessments on the roll prepared by the board among the counties in which parts of the unitary and operating nonunitary property are situated. The assessment of the nonunitary property of an assessee shall be placed on the assessment roll prepared by the board.

Each year, upon or prior to the completion of the assessment roll prepared by the board, but not later than June 15, the board shall mail notice to each assessee at its address as shown on the records of the board, of the allocated assessed values of the assessee's unitary property that have been or are proposed to be placed on the assessment roll to be transmitted to county auditors. The notice shall advise the assessee that a petition for a correction of an allocated assessment may be filed, not later than July 20 of the year of the notice, at the headquarters of the board in Sacramento.

A petition for correction of an allocated assessment shall be in writing and state the specific grounds upon which it is claimed a correction or adjustment in the allocation is founded. The value of the total unitary property of an assessee may not be brought into issue in a petition for correction of an allocated assessment.

Upon receipt of a timely petition for correction of an allocated assessment, the board shall set a time and place within the state for hearing on the petition. Notice thereof shall be mailed to the assessee at its address as shown on the records of the board not less than 10 working days in advance of the date of the hearing.

Section 743 shall be applicable to hearings on petitions for correction of an allocated assessment and the board shall notify the petitioner of its decision by mail. The decision shall include written findings and conclusions of the board if requested at or prior to the commencement of the hearing. Decisions of the board on petitions for correction of an allocated assessment shall be completed on or before December 31.