ORS 306.126: Appraisal of industrial property by department; delegation to county assessors; minimum duration; rules.

(1) As used in this section: (a) “County-appraised industrial property” means: (A) Any unit of industrial property if the improvements of the property have a real market value of $1 million or less on the assessment roll for the preceding year; and (B) Any unit of industrial property for which the appraisal responsibility has been delegated to the county assessor under subsection (3) of this section. (b)(A) “State-appraised industrial property” means any unit of industrial property if the improvements of the property have a real market value of more than $1 million on the assessment roll for the preceding year. (B) “State-appraised industrial property” does not mean property for which the appraisal responsibility has been delegated to a county assessor under subsection (3) of this section. (2)(a) The Department of Revenue shall appraise each state-appraised industrial property situated within each county and advise the county assessor of the real market value of the property and the property’s net improvements. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no part of the cost of the appraisal shall be borne by the county. The cost of the appraisal shall be reimbursed from the County Assessment Function Funding Assistance Account as provided under ORS 294.184. (b) The department shall advise the assessor of the values determined under this subsection by a date that is determined to give the assessor sufficient time to prepare the assessment roll. (3)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, upon request of the county assessor, the department may delegate to the county assessor the department’s responsibility for making the appraisals of state-appraised industrial property required under subsection (2) of this section. (b) A request by the county assessor under this subsection must be made prior to January 1 for the following assessment year and must be accompanied by any information required by the department. (c) If responsibility is delegated under this subsection, the entire cost of making the appraisals delegated shall be borne by the county. (d) No appeal may be taken from any determination of the department under this subsection. (4)(a) Once the responsibility for making appraisals of a state-appraised industrial property is delegated to the county assessor under subsection (3) of this section, the property shall remain a county-appraised industrial property for five consecutive assessment years. (b) After five consecutive assessment years, the industrial property shall remain a county-appraised industrial property until the county assessor requests the department to resume responsibility for appraising the property. Upon the request of the county assessor, the property shall revert to a state-appraised industrial property as of the next following assessment year. (5) The department may adopt any rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (6) The department may adopt an appraisal schedule that promotes the efficient use of its resources. [1955 c.231 §1; 1957 c.589 §1; 1963 c.85 §1; 1989 c.796 §20; 1991 c.459 §33; 1997 c.325 §17; 1997 c.541 §96; 2001 c.303 §15; 2015 c.36 §1]