(a)
(1) The county equalization board shall meet on August 1 of each year at the office of either the county clerk or the office of the county assessor.
(2) However, if August 1 falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next business day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday.
(b) At the first meeting of the county equalization board, it shall organize by electing one (1) of its members as chair who, in addition to all other powers and duties conferred in this subchapter, shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the county equalization board.
(c)
(1) In addition, the county equalization board shall exercise its functions as a board of equalization to equalize the assessed value of all acreage lands, city and town lots, other real property, and personal property subject to local assessment, regardless of the year in which the property was last assessed by the local county assessor.
(2)
(A) Beginning August 1 of each year and continuing through October 1, the county equalization board shall meet as often as is necessary to consider the equalization of all property assessments and all requests for adjustments of assessments by taxpayers.
(B)
(i) However, in a county where the assessed value of real and personal property has been found by the Assessment Coordination Department to be below the percentage of the true or fair market value as required by law, the meetings of the county equalization board shall continue until all property assessments are equalized and all requests for adjustments of assessments by taxpayers are considered.
(ii) However, the meetings shall not run later than the third Monday in November of each year.
(d) A majority of the members of the county equalization board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
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