1      BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

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            3                   SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

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            7                    REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT

            8                      JANUARY 21, 2015

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           10                   PROPERTY TAX COMMITTEE

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           19                      Reported by:  Juli Price Jackson 

           20                                    No. CSR 5214

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            2                        P R E S E N T

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            4    For the Board              Jerome Horton      
                 of Equalization:           Chairman
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            6                               Sen. George Runner (Ret.)
                                            Member 
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            8                               Fiona Ma, CPA
                                            Member
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           10                               Diane L. Harkey
                                            Member
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           12                               Yvette Stowers
                                            Appearing for Betty Yee, 
           13                               State Controller (per 
                                            Government Code        
           14                               Section 7.9)
                 
           15                               Joann Richmond
                                            Chief, Board      
           16                               Proceedings Division
                 
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                 For Staff:                 Benjamin Tang
           21                               Manager
                                            Property and Special 
           22                               Taxes Department       
                      
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            1                               450 N STREET

            2                               SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 

            3                               JANUARY 21, 2015

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            5             MR. HORTON:  Ms. Richmond.  

            6             MS. RICHMOND:  Would you like to take up 

            7    the Property Tax Committee?  Or what would you --

            8             MR. HORTON:  Yes, please. 

            9             MS. RICHMOND:  -- like to take up next?  

           10             So, our next item is the Property Tax 

           11    Committee.  Mr. Horton is the Chair of that 

           12    committee.

           13             Mr. Horton.

           14             MR. HORTON:  Members, let us reconvene -- 

           15    let us convene -- the meeting of the Property Tax 

           16    Committee is hereby called to order.  

           17             Welcome to the Board.  Please introduce 

           18    yourself for the record.

           19             MR. TANG:  Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and 

           20    Members of the Board.  My name, for the record, is 

           21    Benjamin Tang, with the County Assessed Properties 

           22    Division.  

           23             Before you now for consideration are 

           24    amendments to Property Tax Rule 308.6, Application 

           25    for Equalization by Member, Alternate Member, or 

           26    Hearing Officer.  

           27             The property tax rule amendments were 

           28    necessitated by statutory revisions to conflict of 




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            1    interest provisions.  The proposed amendments were 

            2    developed in an open process with interested parties 

            3    in an interested parties process.  

            4             I'm happy to report that there are no 

            5    outstanding issues.  As such, staff respectfully 

            6    asks that the Board authorize publication of the 

            7    amendments to Property Tax Rule 308.6 and begin the 

            8    formal rulemaking process.  

            9             MR. HORTON:  Members, let us note the 

           10    nonparticipation by Deputy Controller.  

           11             Is there a motion to take up item H.1 and 

           12    H.2 or your so desire?  

           13             MR. RUNNER:  So moved.  

           14             MR. HORTON:  Member Runner moves adoption, 

           15    a recommendation reducing Board adoption of unitary 

           16    values.  

           17             Second by Member Ma -- Ma, noting 

           18    nonparticipation by Deputy Controller.  

           19             Without objection, such will be the order.  

           20             Ms. Richmond, please continue.

           21             MR. TANG:  Staff respectfully requests that 

           22    the Board authorize publication of Property Tax  

           23    Rule 308.6.  And staff is available to answer any 

           24    questions you may have.  

           25             MS. HARKEY:  I thought we just did that.

           26             MR. HORTON:  Uhmm -- 

           27             MR. RUNNER:  Didn't we just do that?

           28             MS. MA:  We just did that.




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            1             MR. HORTON:  Member -- yes, we did vote.  

            2             Thank you very much.

            3             MR. TANG:  Thank you.

            4             MR. HORTON:  Okay.

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            1                   REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE

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            3    State of California    )

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            5    County of Sacramento   )

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            7             I, JULI PRICE JACKSON, Hearing Reporter for 

            8    the California State Board of Equalization certify 

            9    that on JANUARY 21, 2015 I recorded verbatim, in 

           10    shorthand, to the best of my ability, the 

           11    proceedings in the above-entitled hearing; that I 

           12    transcribed the shorthand writing into typewriting; 

           13    and that the preceding pages 1 through 5 constitute 

           14    a complete and accurate transcription of the 

           15    shorthand writing.

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           17    Dated:  FEBRUARY 3, 2015

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           21                           JULI PRICE JACKSON

           22                           Hearing Reporter

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