Taxpayers could have requested hearings over denied property tax relief

Local tax officials would have held a public hearing when a covered taxpayer asked them to review a denial. This applied to denials of the property tax breaks, delayed payments, or credits listed in the proposal. The taxpayer would have had to pay notice costs in advance. Officials would have decided whether to keep their denial before the hearing ended. Officials would have held the hearing within 45 days after the taxpayer received the written denial.

Applicants would have paid public hearing notice costs in advance. This applied to taxpayers requesting a hearing after a covered property tax denial. Officials would have published notice in a local newspaper and posted it in two usual municipal notice places. Without payment, officials could have stopped reviewing the case and denied the application without a hearing. The newspaper notice would have appeared at least 14 days before the hearing.