2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 133 - Supervision, equalization, and review of assessments 133.170 Certification of equalization -- Appeal by fiscal court -- Exoneration from increase in value -- Application -- Procedure -- Appeal.
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133.170 Certification of equalization -- Appeal by fiscal court -- Exoneration
from increase in value -- Application -- Procedure -- Appeal.
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When the Department of Revenue has completed its equalization of the
assessment of the property in any county, it shall certify its action to the county
judge/executive, with a copy of the certification for the county clerk, to be laid
before the fiscal court of the county.
If the fiscal court deems it proper to ask for a review of the aggregate
equalization of any class or subclass of property, it shall direct the county
attorney to prosecute an appeal of the aggregate increase to the Kentucky
Claims Commission pursuant to KRS 49.220 within ten (10) days from the date
of the certification.
Within ten (10) days from the date that the department's aggregate
equalization of any or all classes or subclasses of property becomes final by
failure of the fiscal court to prosecute an appeal or by order of the Kentucky
Claims Commission pursuant to KRS 49.200 to 49.250 or the courts, the fiscal
court shall cause to be published, at least one (1) time, in the newspaper
having the largest circulation within the county, a public notice of the
department's action.
Within ten (10) days from the date of the publication of the notice required in
subsection (3) of this section, any individual taxpayer whose property
assessment is increased above its fair cash value by the equalization action
may file with the county clerk an application for exoneration of his property
assessment from the increase. The application shall be filed in duplicate and
shall include the name and address of the person in whose name the property
is assessed; the assessment of the property before the increase; the
description and location of the property including the description shown on the
tax roll; the property owner's reason for appeal; and all other pertinent facts
having a bearing upon its value. The county clerk shall forward one (1) copy, of
each application for exoneration to the Department of Revenue and shall
exclude the amount of the equalization increase from the assessment in the
preparation of the property tax bill for each property for which an application for
exoneration has been filed.
The county judge/executive shall reconvene the board of supervisors
immediately following the close of the period for filing applications for
exoneration from the increase. The board shall schedule and conduct hearings
on all applications in the manner prescribed for hearing appeals by KRS
133.120; however, the board shall not have authority to reduce any
assessment to an amount less than that listed for the property at the time of
adjournment of the regular board session.
The county clerk shall act as clerk of the reconvened board and shall keep an
accurate record of the proceedings in the same manner as provided by KRS
133.125. Within five (5) days of the adjournment of the reconvened board, he
shall notify each property owner in writing of the final action of the board with
relation to the equalization increase and shall forward a copy of the
proceedings certified by the chairman of the board and attested by him to the
Department of Revenue and to the other taxing districts participating in the tax.
Any taxpayer whose application has been denied, in whole or in part, may
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appeal to the Kentucky Claims Commission as provided in KRS 49.220, and
appeals thereafter may be taken to the courts as provided in KRS 49.250.
The provisions of KRS 133.120(9) shall apply to the payment of taxes upon
any property assessment for which an application for exoneration has been
filed.
The provisions of subsections (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of this section shall only
apply to appeals growing out of equalization action by the Department of
Revenue under the provisions of KRS 133.150.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 73, effective June 29, 2017. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 237, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 449, sec. 8, effective April 13, 1992. -- Repealed and
reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 341, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 4. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 141,
sec. 18. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942,
from Ky. Stat. sec. 4114i-18.
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