Georgia § 48-5-343 - Approval of digests.

§ 48-5-343. Approval of digests.

The commissioner shall, when a county is in its digest review year, approve the digest of any such county as being reasonably uniform and equalized if the digest meets the following criteria: The average assessment ratio for each class of property within the county shall be as close to the assessments provided for in Code Section 48-5-7 as is reasonably practicable; The average assessment variance for each class of property within the county shall not be excessive with respect to that which is reasonably practicable; and Within each class of property, assessment ratios of the properties shall not reveal any significant assessment bias. The commissioner shall by regulation establish the statistical standards to be used in determining whether or not digests are in accordance with the uniformity requirements contained in subsection (a) of this Code section. The commissioner shall utilize information developed by the state auditor under Code Section 48-5-274. If the assessed value of the portion of the digest that does not meet the uniformity requirements constitutes 10 percent or less of the assessed value of the total digest, the commissioner may approve the digest if, in his judgment, the approval will not substantially violate the concept of uniformity and equalization. (Code 1981, § 48-5-343 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1763, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2494, § 4; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1683, § 5.) Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 1992, p. 2494, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provided, in part: "County tax digests that were conditionally approved or disapproved by the commissioner for tax year 1991 in accordance with Article 5A of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated as it existed on January 1, 1992, shall be considered conditionally approved for each succeeding year beginning January 1, 1992, until such time as the first digest review year occurs for the county under the provisions of this Act." Ga. L. 2000, p. 1683, § 11(c), not codified by the General Assembly, provides that Sections 2 through 10 of the Act shall be applicable to the 2000 tax digests and any subsequent tax digests.