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BOE says aging mainframe risks property tax administration; seeks multi‑year IT funding

Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 · March 19, 2026
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Summary

The State Board of Equalization outlined an IT modernization plan to replace a 30+ year legacy mainframe for state assessed properties, citing manual data entry, missed efficiencies and cybersecurity risks; LAO raised budget prioritization concerns.

The State Board of Equalization presented a budget change proposal for a comprehensive modernization of the State Assessed Properties system, which values utilities, railroads and VOIP companies. Jack McColl, chief of the state assessed properties division, told the Senate subcommittee the BOE's patchwork of technologies is more than 30 years old, heavily reliant on manual data entry and printing, and poses cybersecurity…

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