§ 40-7-35 — Same Abstracts of Property Contained in Book

When the book of assessments has been completed, the county tax assessor must without delay make out in triplicate, upon forms to be furnished by the Department of Revenue, a complete abstract of all real and personal property as contained in the assessment book of the county, identified by each public school system of the county and listing the same for each public school system of the county therein, showing the total amount and value of each class of taxable property, including specifically the total amount and value of each class of taxable property defined in Section 40-8-1, as amended, as Class III property that is appraised according to its current use value and the total amount and value of such Class III property that is appraised according to its fair and reasonable market value, property exempt from taxation and the amount of taxes of each item, extended in a column; such abstract of assessment must be approved and certified to by the Department of Revenue, one copy of which the said tax assessor must forward to the Department of Finance not later than the second Monday in August of each year, one to the Department of Revenue at Montgomery, and the other to the tax collector by said date. The Department of Finance shall report to the Governor any tax assessor who for five days after the date required has failed to forward to the Department of Finance the abstract of assessment of the county, identified by each public school system of the county and listing the same for each public school system of the county therein, and the Governor shall forthwith require of the tax assessor an official report of the cause of the failure.

Legislative History

(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §64; Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 135, p. 1868, §7; Acts 1992, No. 92-599, p. 1239, §8.)