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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2782
By Committee on Taxation
Requested by Representative Hoffman
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AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to appraisers; permitting
county appraisers to request lease agreements from taxpayers when
valuing property for property tax purposes; amending K.S.A. 79-1412a
and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 79-1412a is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-
1412a. (a) County appraisers and district appraisers shall perform the
following duties:
First. Install and maintain such records and data relating to all property
in the county, taxable and exempt, as may be required by the director of
property valuation.
Second. Annually, as of January 1, supervise the listing and appraisal of
all real estate and personal property in the county subject to taxation
except state-appraised property.
Third. Attend meetings of the county board of equalization for the
purpose of aiding such board in the proper discharge of its duties, making
all records available to the county board of equalization.
Fourth. Prepare the appraisal roll and certify such rolls to the county
clerk.
Fifth. Supervise the township trustees, assistants, appraisers and other
employees appointed by the appraiser in the performance of their duties.
Sixth. The county appraiser or district appraiser in setting values for
various types of personal property, shall conform to the values for such
property as shown in the personal property appraisal guides devised or
prescribed by the director of property valuation.
Seventh. Carry on continuously throughout the year the process of
appraising real property.
Eighth. If the county appraiser or district appraiser deems it advisable,
such appraiser may appoint one or more advisory committees of not less
than five persons representative of the various economic interests and
geographic areas of the county to assist the appraiser in establishing unit
land values, unit values for structures, productivity, classifications for
agricultural lands, adjustments for location factors, and generally to advise
on assessment procedures and methods.
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Ninth. Perform such other duties as may be required by law.
(b) The director of property valuation shall give notice to county and
district appraisers and county boards of equalization of any proposed
changes in the guides, schedules or methodology for use in valuing
property prescribed to the county and district appraisers for use in setting
values for property within the county or district. Such notice shall also be
published in the Kansas register and shall provide that such changes are
available for public inspection. Changes and modifications in guides,
schedules or methodology for use in valuing property which are prescribed
by the director of property valuation for use by county and district
appraisers on or after July 1 in any year shall not be utilized in establishing
the value, for the current tax year, of any property, the value of which has
previously been established for such year.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the county
appraiser or the county appraiser's designee shall not, at any time, request
the following from a taxpayer:
(1) Any appraisal of the property that was conducted for the purpose
of obtaining mortgage financing; or
(2) any fee appraisal with an effective date more than 12 months prior
to January 1 of the valuation year under appeal; or
(3) documents detailing individual lease agreements.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the county appraiser or the
county appraiser's designee from requesting a certified rent roll from the
taxpayer.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 79-1412a is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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