LD 1972
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provide the owner or owners an opportunity to amend the schedule to
conform to the requirements of this subchapter.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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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