ASSESSORS CERTIFICATION ACT - EXPIRED — 1986 Pa. Act 192 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1423, 2040, 2132, PRINTER'S NO. 2574
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INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, OCTOBER 7, 1985
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 24, 1986
AN ACT
1 Providing for the certification and recertification of
2 assessors; establishing eligibility and training
3 requirements; defining the powers and duties of the State Tax
4 Equalization Board relating to training, certification and
5 recertification of assessors; and authorizing the board to
6 establish fees.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Short title.
10 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Assessors
11 Certification Act.
12 Section 2. Definitions.
13 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
14 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
15 context clearly indicates otherwise:
16 "Assessor." Any person responsible for the valuation of real
17 or personal property for ad valorem taxation purposes. <--
18 "Board." The State Tax Equalization Board.
1 "Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator." An individual who has
2 completed a minimum of 90 hours of basic courses of study
3 covering the appraisal assessing profession and has successfully
4 completed a comprehensive examination covering all phases of the
5 appraisal process and the assessment function established by the
6 assessment statutes of this Commonwealth.
7 "Revaluation company." A mass appraisal company.
8 Section 3. Board certification powers.
9 (a) Rules and regulations.--The board may promulgate rules
10 and regulations not inconsistent CONSISTENT with the statutes of <--
11 this Commonwealth to administer and enforce THE PROVISIONS OF <--
12 this act.
13 (b) Compensation.--Members of the board shall not receive
14 additional compensation because of their duties under this act <--
15 but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the
16 performance of official duties for the certification of
17 assessors.
18 Section 4. Duties of the board.
19 (a) Certification of assessors.--It shall be the duty of the
20 board to certify all assessors in this Commonwealth. Any
21 assessor employed prior to the passage of this act but not
22 holding the title of Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator shall have
23 three years from the effective date of this act to obtain
24 certification by the board. Any assessor employed after the
25 effective date of this act shall obtain certification within a
26 period of three years from the effective date of employment as
27 an assessor. However, any person holding the title of Certified
28 Pennsylvania Evaluator who has been assessing property for a
29 minimum of one year OR ANY ASSESSOR WHO HAS TEN YEARS OF <--
30 EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE IN ASSESSING PROPERTY WITH THE SAME
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1 COUNTY immediately prior to the effective date of this act OR AN <--
2 ASSESSOR WHO HAS TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE IN
3 ASSESSING PROPERTY WITH THE SAME COUNTY IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE
4 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT shall be recognized as certified by
5 the board. During the interim, the noncertified assessors shall
6 be deemed to be provisionally certified by the board.
7 (b) Qualification of revaluation company personnel.--Any
8 person employed by a revaluation company who is directly
9 responsible for the valuation of real property shall have met
10 the educational requirements of this act or successfully
11 completed educational courses equal to the minimum
12 qualifications established by the board. Failure to meet the
13 requirements contained in this section will prohibit that person
14 from the valuing DETERMINING THE VALUE of real property in this <--
15 Commonwealth.
16 (c) Recertification of assessors.--Recertification is a
17 program of continuing professional education of assessors
18 approved by the board. At five-year intervals, each certified
19 assessor must accumulate not less than 50 credits, as defined by
20 the board, of continuing education relating to the assessment <--
21 and appraisal practices. Certified assessors having accumulated
22 the required credits will SHALL automatically be recertified. No <--
23 application procedure or examination is SHALL BE required. <--
24 Section 5. Qualifications.
25 (a) General rule.--All assessors in this Commonwealth shall
26 meet the requirements enumerated in subsection (b).
27 (b) Requirements.--An applicant shall meet the following
28 requirements:
29 (1) The applicant shall have a high school diploma, or
30 its equivalent, or two years of assessing experience.
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1 (2) The applicant shall be at least 18 years of age.
2 (3) The applicant shall be a resident of this
3 Commonwealth FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. <--
4 (4) The applicant shall have successfully completed a
5 minimum of 90 hours of the basic courses of study of the
6 International Association of Assessing Officers or the basic
7 courses of study of the Assessors Association of Pennsylvania
8 covering the appraisal assessing profession or any other
9 professional courses acceptable to the board. At the
10 discretion of the county commissioners, the county may
11 reimburse county assessors for the costs of completing the
12 courses of study required by this subsection.
13 Section 6. Certification.
14 (a) Requirement.--All assessors in this Commonwealth shall
15 be certified under this act.
16 (b) Application.--Application for certification shall be
17 made to the board by completion of the board's prescribed
18 application form and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee
19 established by the board.
20 (c) Examination.--Applicants shall successfully complete a
21 comprehensive examination, proctored by a member of the board,
22 or a designee, covering all phases of the appraisal process and
23 the assessment function established by the assessment statutes
24 of this Commonwealth.
25 (d) Certification.--Upon successful completion of the
26 comprehensive examination, the board shall issue a Certified
27 Pennsylvania Evaluator's Certificate to the applicant.
28 (E) LICENSURE.--NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL RELIEVE ANY <--
29 INDIVIDUAL OR COMPANY FROM THE PRESENT LEGAL OBLIGATION TO BE
30 LICENSED AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF FEBRUARY
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1 19, 1980 (P.L.15, NO.9), KNOWN AS THE REAL ESTATE LICENSING AND
2 REGISTRATION ACT.
3 Section 7. Fees.
4 The board shall establish by regulation such fees as it deems
5 necessary to comply with the intent of this act.
6 Section 8. Disposition of fees.
7 All fees collected under this act shall be deposited in the <--
8 General Fund and are hereby appropriated to A RESTRICTED RECEIPT <--
9 ACCOUNT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY the board for the administration
10 of this act.
11 Section 9. Nonapplicability.
12 This act shall not apply to counties of the first and second
13 class.
14 Section 10. Expiration.
15 This act shall expire in five years.
16 Section 11. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 30 90 days. <--
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