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provide the owner or owners an opportunity to amend the schedule to | | conform to the requirements of this subchapter. |
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| | | 4.__Investigation.__The assessor or the assessor's duly | | authorized representative may enter and examine the lands under | | this subchapter for tax purposes and may examine any information | | submitted by the owner or owners. |
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| | | Upon notice in writing by certified mail, return receipt | | requested, any owner or owners shall, within 60 days of the | | receipt of such notice, respond to such written questions or | | interrogatories as the assessor may consider necessary to obtain | | material information about those lands. If the assessor | | determines that it is not reasonable to obtain the required | | material information regarding those lands through such written | | questions or interrogatories, the assessor may require any owner | | or owners, upon notice in writing by certified mail, return | | receipt requested, or by such other method as provides actual | | notice, to appear before the assessor at such reasonable time and | | place as the assessor may designate and answer such questions or | | interrogatories as the assessor may consider necessary to obtain | | material information about those lands. |
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| | | 5.__Owner obligation.__If the owner or owners of any land | | subject to taxation under this subchapter fail to submit the | | schedules under this section, or fail to respond, within 60 days | | of receipt, to written questions or interrogatories of the | | assessor, or fail within 60 days of receipt of notice as provided | | in this section to appear before the assessor to respond to | | questions or interrogatories, or fail to provide information | | after notice duly received as provided under this section, that | | owner or those owners are deemed to have waived all rights of | | appeal. |
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| | | It is the obligation of the owner or owners to report to the | | assessor any disqualifying change of use of land subject to | | taxation under this subchapter by the end of the tax year in | | which the change occurs.__If the owner or owners fail to report | | any disqualifying change of use of land to the assessor, the | | assessor shall assess those taxes that should have been paid, | | shall assess the penalty provided in section 1148 and shall | | assess an additional penalty of 25% of the foregoing penalty | | amount. The assessor may waive the additional penalty for cause. |
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| | | 6.__Recertification.__The assessor shall determine annually | | whether any classified land continues to meet the requirements of | | this subchapter. Each year the assessor shall recertify any | | classifications made under this subchapter and update the | | information required under subsection 1. If any classified land | | no longer meets the requirements of this subchapter, or the owner |
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