§ 5407 - Valuation appeal board - Vermont Statutes

§ 5407. Valuation appeal board

(a) There is established a valuation appeal board to consist of five members. The members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, for three-year terms beginning February 1 of the year in which the appointment is made, except that one of the initial appointments shall be for a term of one year and two of the initial appointments shall be for a term of two years. A vacancy in the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term vacated.

(b) Persons serving on the appeal board shall be knowledgeable and experienced in at least one of the following fields: agriculture, business management, law, taxation, appraisal and valuation techniques, municipal affairs, or related areas. No member of the valuation appeal board shall be otherwise employed by the state or be a lister. In making appointments, attention shall be given to the desirability of providing geographical balance to the degree reasonably practical.

(c) A chair shall be designated biennially by the governor from among the members of the board and any vacancy in the office of the chair shall be filled by designation of the governor.

(d) Members of the valuation appeal board shall receive a sum not to exceed $80.00 per diem for each day of official duties of the board together with reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, as determined by the director of property valuation and review.

(e) The board shall be attached for administrative purposes to the division of property valuation and review of the department of taxes of the agency of administration. (Added 1997, No. 60, § 45, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; amended 1999, No. 49, § 50.)