IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION supporting a review and other actions to remedy issues related to the 2019 Jackson County reassessment.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20195, July 15, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Galvin, Dan Tarwater III, Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley and Charlie Franklin, County Legislators
Body
WHEREAS, section 137.115, RSMo, states that before a county assessor may increase the assessed valuation of any parcel of subclass (1) real property by more than fifteen percent since the last assessment, excluding increases due to new construction or improvements, the assessor shall conduct a physical inspection of such property; and,
WHEREAS, over 22,000 taxpayers of Jackson County have requested informal reviews protesting their assessed values; and,
WHEREAS, an untold number of appeals to the Jackson County Board of Equalization continue to be filed daily; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, has expressed concern that Missouri law has not been followed by conducting a physical inspection of certain properties, resulting in increases in assessed valuations upward to 400 percent; and,
WHEREAS, section 138.410, RSMo, empowers the State Tax Commission to exercise general supervision over all the assessing officers of this state, over county boards of equalization, and appeals in the performance of their duties; and,
WHEREAS, the Missouri General Assembly has near plenary jurisdiction to enact legislation that could remedy many of the inequities suggested in this Resolution; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby requests that the Missouri State Tax Commission exercise its statutory authority and take all action needed to remedy issues related to the 2019 Jackson County reassessment; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature also requests the Missouri General...
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