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Controversial assessor-entry bill pulled after concerns over contractors and property rights
Summary
Lawmakers paused HB 16-39 after extensive committee debate and public testimony raised property-rights, notice and background-check concerns about extending assessors' entry authority to employees and independent contractors; sponsor agreed to withdraw the bill for further work.
A bill clarifying that county assessors’ statutory authority to enter property for appraisal purposes extends to assessor employees and independent contractors was pulled from consideration after sustained opposition and requests for revisions.
Representative Jack Fortner introduced HB 16-39 to put in statute that assessor employees and contractors may enter property to conduct appraisals and reappraisals, reasoning that assessors cannot personally visit every parcel and that the practice already occurs in…
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