(1) If any property value is appealed to any court of competent jurisdiction before the assessment and tax roll is certified to the tax collector, and the dollar difference between the total value asserted by the taxpayer and the total value asserted by the opposing party exceeds one-fourth of one percent (0.0025) of the total assessed value in the county, the assessor shall enter on the roll only that portion of the total value which is not in controversy for purposes of computing and extending the tax upon the tax roll under ORS 310.090 to 310.110.
(2)(a) If any property value is appealed to any court of competent jurisdiction after the assessment and tax roll is certified to the tax collector, and the dollar difference between the total value asserted by the taxpayer and the total value asserted by the opposing party exceeds one-tenth of one percent (0.0010) of the total assessed value in the county for the tax year being appealed, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, for tax years occurring after the initial tax year and during the appeal period:
(A) The assessor shall enter on the roll the portion of the total value for the initial tax year which is not in controversy for purposes of computing and extending the tax roll under ORS 310.090 to 310.110; and
(B) The board of property tax appeals shall consider the value to be under appeal notwithstanding that no subsequent appeal is actually filed. Physical additions or reductions in value after July 1 of the initial year shall be entered on the assessment roll as otherwise provided by law.
(b)(A) If, for any tax year occurring during the appeal period, the taxpayer elects against an automatic appeal as provided under this subsection, then paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not apply to the tax year for which the election is made. An election under this paragraph shall be made within the time and in the manner provided in rules that the Department of Revenue shall adopt.
(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent an appeal as otherwise provided by law by the taxpayer of the property value for the tax year that is the subject of the election. However, if such an appeal occurs and meets the criteria of paragraph (a) of this subsection, the tax year of that appeal shall be considered an initial tax year for purposes of this subsection.
(c) As used in this subsection:
(A) “Final order” means an appealable order of the Director of the Department of Revenue or, if an appeal is taken, a final order of the Oregon Tax Court or Oregon Supreme Court.
(B) “Initial tax year” means a tax year for which an appeal of property value is actually filed and the appeal meets the criteria described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(C) “Tax year occurring during the appeal period” means any tax year, after the initial tax year, in which the assessment and tax roll is certified to the tax collector either before the final order in appeal of value for the initial tax year is entered or before the expiration of the appeal period. “Tax year occurring during the appeal period” does not include a tax year for which an election is made under paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(3) This section does not apply to appeals arising from tax years beginning on or after July 1, 1997. [1973 c.345 §2; 1989 c.267 §1; 1991 c.459 §83; 1993 c.650 §1; 1995 c.650 §89; 1997 c.541 §§148,149]
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