- Introduced -

SB 545 - This act would change the beginning and ending dates for terms of office for county assessors.

At the present time a county assessor's term begins on September 1 of the year following the assessor's election. The term ends on August 31 of the fourth year.

This act, in a two step procedure, will, at the election in 2004, establish January 1, as the beginning date for a county assessor's term of office. This procedure will bring assessors' terms into line with terms of other county offices.

TOM MORTON