Georgia § 48-5-344 - Conditional approval of digests.

§ 48-5-344. Conditional approval of digests.

If the commissioner determines that in any one or more of the counties that is in a digest review year the taxable values of property are not reasonably uniform and equalized in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a) of Code Section 48-5-343, he shall conditionally approve the digest and notify the county board of tax assessors in writing of his action. The written notification shall contain: A list of specific reasons that resulted in the digest being conditionally approved; A list of the statistical standards used by the commissioner when examining the digest; and Any other information the commissioner believes would be of assistance to the county board of tax assessors in correcting the deficiencies that resulted in the digest being conditionally approved or in otherwise making the digest reasonably uniform and equalized. (Code 1981, § 48-5-344 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1763, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 728, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2494, § 5; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1683, § 6.) 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.