Section 370 - Random Selection of Counties for Representative Sampling for Calendar Years Other than 2016 Through 2025(a) Survey Cycle. For each calendar year other than 2016 through 2025, the Board shall select at random at least three counties from among all except the 10 largest counties and cities and counties for a representative sampling of assessments in accordance with the procedures contained herein. Counties eligible for random selection will be distributed as equally as possible in a five-year rotation commencing with the local assessment roll for the 1997-98 fiscal year.(b) Random Selection for Assessment Sampling. The counties selected at random will be drawn from the group of counties scheduled in that year for surveys of assessment practices. The scheduled counties will be ranked according to the size of their local assessment rolls for the year prior to the sampling. (1) If no county has been selected for an assessment sampling on the basis of significant assessment problems as provided in subdivision (c), the counties eligible in that year for random selection will be divided into three groups (small, medium, and large), such that each county has an equal chance of being selected. One county will be selected at random by the Board from each of these groups. The Board may randomly select an additional county or counties to be included in any survey cycle year. The selection will be done by lot, with a representative of the California Assessors' Association witnessing the selection process.(2) If one or more counties are scheduled for an assessment sampling in that year because they were found to have significant assessment problems, the counties eligible for random selection will be divided into the same number of groups as there are counties to be randomly selected, such that each county has an equal chance of being selected. For example, if one county is to be sampled because it was found to have significant assessment problems, only two counties will then be randomly selected and the pool of eligible counties will be divided into two groups. If two counties are to be sampled because they were found to have significant assessment problems, only one county will be randomly selected and all counties eligible in that year for random selection will be pooled into one group.(3) Once random selection has been made, neither the counties selected for an assessment sampling nor the remaining counties in the group for that fiscal year shall again become eligible for random selection until the next fiscal year in which such counties are scheduled for an assessment practices survey, as determined by the five-year rotation. At that time, both the counties selected and the remaining counties in that group shall again be eligible for random selection.(c) Assessment Sampling of Counties with Significant Assessment Problems. If the Board finds during the course of an assessment practices survey that a county has significant assessment problems as defined in Rule 371, the Board shall conduct a sampling of assessments in that county in lieu of conducting a sampling in a county selected at random.(d) Additional Surveys. This rule shall not be construed to prohibit the Board from conducting additional surveys, samples, or other investigations of any county assessor's office. The legislative body or the assessor of any county may also request that the Board perform a survey that is not otherwise scheduled and the Board may enter into a contract with the requesting local agency to conduct that survey.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 18, § 370
1. Amendment of article heading and new section filed 4-22-97; operative 5-22-97 (Register 97, No. 17). For article 1 prior history, see Register 83, No. 3.
2. Amendment of section heading and subsections (a), (b)(1) and (c)-(d) and amendment of NOTE filed 7-3-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 27).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section heading and NOTE filed 12-13-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 51). Note: Authority cited: Section 15606, Government Code. Reference: Section 75.60, Revenue and Taxation Code; and Sections 15640 and 15643, Government Code.
1. Amendment of article heading and new section filed 4-22-97; operative 5-22-97 (Register 97, No. 17). For article 1 prior history, see Register 83, No. 3.
2. Amendment of section heading and subsections (a), (b)(1) and (c)-(d) and amendment of Note filed 7-3-2020; operative 10/1/2020 (Register 2020, No. 27).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section heading and Note filed 12-13-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 51).