(a) The tax commissioner shall annually prepare and maintain a
brochure or other publication describing the exemptions and
preferential assessments available to the taxpayers of the county
along with the conditions of eligibility and deadlines for applying
for each. Such brochure or other publication shall also describe
the requirements and deadlines for the return of property for
taxation and the appeal procedures and such other information as the
tax commissioner or board of tax assessors may determine to be
helpful to the property owner. Such brochure or other publication
shall be available freely to taxpayers in the office of the tax
commissioner and board of assessors and shall also be mailed or
otherwise delivered to the appropriate taxpayer under the following
conditions: (1) Upon the transfer of residential or agricultural property for
which a properly completed real estate transfer tax form has been
filed; (2) Whenever a homestead exemption has been newly approved or
whenever an existing homestead exemption has been modified with
new conditions of eligibility; and (3) Whenever a preferential assessment with respect to ad valorem
property taxes is enacted or modified. (b) The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as
may be necessary for the administration of this Code section. |