County assessors across the region, under pressure to get overdue property tax information to the state, say they are doing their best to get the job done but that there are good reasons the data is late.
UPDATE:
The DLGF is requesting a list of dates, times, and locations of all local budget hearings, or notification of these hearings a minimum of seven days prior to their scheduled dates.
If Allen County does not get the data to the DLGF some things could happen:
1. All property tax replacement credit (PTRC) distributions from the state to the county unit of government will be withheld until Allen County becomes fully compliant. OOOOOOH, this will bite, because the County will not get this money.
2. DLGF will hold the 2008 Budget order to the county auditor until Allen County become fully compliant. This action affects all taxing units. No budgets will be approved as a result of data incompliance. Ouch..no budget for nobody.
3. Legal action may result to enforce the law against the responsible officials, the County auditor and County assessor. Yep, it's getting ugly.
4. Sales disclosure data sets for 2006 sales will not be reviewed until all 06 pay 07 datasets are compliant.
5. Ratio studies submitted for approval for 2007 assessments will not be reviewed until the 2006 sales disclosure dataset is compliant.
6. DLGF will not approve any bond order for any unit of government within the county until county datasets are compliants.
MOre later..here's the letter read it for yourself..notice the date is July 20, 2007. Now what date did you get that tax bill..July 19, 2007.
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