(1) If, at a conference held pursuant to notice under ORS § 294.175, it becomes apparent that a county will be unable to meet the level of expenditures necessary to achieve adequacy for the tax year for which the filing under ORS § 294.175 was made, the Department of Revenue may certify to the county governing body expenditures for assessment and taxation at the level contained in the county’s estimate on file with the department or as adjusted by the conference agreement.

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(2) The department shall not certify expenditures under subsection (1) of this section if the county does not present to the department at the conference a plan to achieve adequacy in assessment and taxation within a number of years specified by the Department of Revenue.

(3) Any county for which expenditures are certified pursuant to this section shall certify to the department, not less than 15 days prior to the close of the fiscal quarter, that the county is in compliance with the conference agreement and the plan developed at the conference agreement. [1989 c.796 § 4]