BILL NUMBER: AB 681	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 15645 of the Government Code, relating to
the State Board of Equalization.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 681, as introduced, Ting. State Board of Equalization: surveys:
assessment procedures and practices: county assessor.
   Existing law requires the State Board of Equalization to make
surveys in each county and city and county to determine the adequacy
of the procedures and practices employed by the county assessor in
the valuation of property. Existing law requires the board, upon
completion of the survey of the procedures and practices of a county
assessor, to prepare a written survey report setting forth its
findings and recommendations, and requires the board, before
preparing its written survey report, to meet with the assessor to
discuss and confer on those matters which may be included in the
written survey report. Existing law requires the survey report,
together with the assessor's response and the board's comments, to
constitute the final survey report.
   This bill would require the board, before preparing its written
survey report, to notify the former assessor if the survey reviews
the former assessor's procedures and practices, and to also meet with
the former assessor, upon his or her request if the survey reviews,
to discuss and confer on those matters that may be included in the
survey report. This bill would require an addendum to the final
survey report to be published to include the former assessor's
written response and the board's comments, if any.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 15645 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15645.  (a) Upon completion of a survey of the procedures and
practices of a county assessor, the board shall prepare a written
survey report setting forth its findings and recommendations and
transmit a copy to the assessor. In addition the board may file with
the assessor a confidential report containing matters relating to
personnel. Before preparing its written survey report, the board
shall  meet with   do both of the following:

    (1)     Meet with  the assessor to
discuss and confer on those matters which may be included in the
written survey report. 
   (2) Notify the former assessor if the survey reviews the former
assessor's procedures and practices, and meet with the former
assessor, upon his or her request, to discuss and confer on those
matters that may be included in the survey report. 
   (b) Within 30 days after receiving a copy of the survey report,
the assessor may file with the board a written response to the
findings and recommendations in the survey report.
   The board may, for good cause, extend the period for filing the
response.
   (c) The survey report, together with the assessor's response, if
any, and the board's comments, if any, shall constitute the final
survey report.  An addendum to the final survey report shall b
  e published to include a former assessor's written
response to the findings and recommendations in the survey report
that reviewed the former assessor's procedures and practices, if any,
and the board's comments, if any.  The final survey report
shall be issued by the board within two years after the date the
board began the survey. Within a year after receiving a copy of the
final survey report, and annually thereafter, no later than the date
on which the initial report was issued by the board and until all
issues are resolved, the assessor shall file with the board of
supervisors a report, indicating the manner in which the assessor has
implemented, intends to implement or the reasons for not
implementing, the recommendations of the survey report, with copies
of that response being sent to the Governor, the Attorney General,
the State Board of Equalization, the Senate and Assembly and to the
grand juries and assessment appeals boards of the counties to which
they relate.