FIRSTREGULARSESSION HOUSEBILLNO.1582 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECATON. 2993H.02I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk ANACT Torepealsections137.180,137.355,138.060,138.434,and139.031,RSMo,andtoenactin lieuthereoffivenewsectionsrelatingtopropertytaxes. BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: SectionA.Sections137.180,137.355,138.060,138.434,and139.031,RSMo,are 2repealedandfivenewsectionsenactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections137.180, 3137.355,138.060,138.434,and139.031,toreadasfollows: 137.180.1.Wheneveranyassessorshallincreasethevaluationofanyrealproperty 2heshallforthwithnotifytherecordownerofsuchincrease,eitherinperson,orbymail 3directedtothelastknownaddress;everysuchincreaseinassessedvaluationmadebythe 4assessorshallbesubjecttoreviewbythecountyboardofequalizationwhereatthelandowner 5shallbeentitledtobeheard,andthenoticetothelandownershallsostate. 6 2.EffectiveJanuary1,2009,forallcountieswithacharterformofgovernment,other 7thananycountyadoptingacharterformofgovernmentafterJanuary1,2008,wheneverany 8assessorshallincreasethevaluationofanyrealproperty,heorsheshallforthwithnotifythe 9recordowneronorbeforeJunefifteenthofsuchincreaseand,inayearofgeneral 10reassessment,thecountyshallnotifytherecordowneroftheprojectedtaxliabilitylikelyto 11resultfromsuchanincrease,eitherinperson,orbymaildirectedtothelastknownaddress; 12everysuchincreaseinassessedvaluationmadebytheassessorshallbesubjecttoreviewby 13thecountyboardofequalizationwhereatthelandownershallbeentitledtobeheard,andthe 14noticetothelandownershallsostate.Noticeoftheprojectedtaxliabilityfromthecounty 15shallaccompanythenoticeofincreasedvaluationfromtheassessor. EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 16 3.ForallcalendaryearspriortothefirstdayofJanuaryoftheyearfollowingreceipt 17ofsoftwarenecessaryfortheimplementationoftherequirementsprovidedundersubsections 184and5ofthissectionfromthestatetaxcommission,foranycountynotsubjecttothe 19provisionsofsubsection2ofthissectionorsubsection2ofsection137.355,wheneverany 20assessorshallincreasethevaluationofanyrealproperty,heorsheshallforthwithnotifythe 21recordowneronorbeforeJunefifteenthofthepreviousassessedvalueandsuchincrease 22eitherinperson,orbymaildirectedtothelastknownaddressandincludeinsuchnoticea 23statementindicatingthatthechangeinassessedvaluemayimpacttherecordowner'stax 24liabilityandprovideallprocessesanddeadlinesforappealingdeterminationsoftheassessed 25valueofsuchproperty.Suchnoticeshallbeprovidedinafontandformatsufficienttoalerta 26recordownerofthepotentialimpactupontaxliabilityandtheappellateprocessesavailable. 27 4.EffectiveJanuaryfirstoftheyearfollowingreceiptofsoftwarenecessaryforthe 28implementationoftherequirementsprovidedunderthissubsectionandsubsection5ofthis 29sectionfromthestatetaxcommission,forallcountiesnotsubjecttotheprovisionsof 30subsection2ofthissectionorsubsection2ofsection137.355,wheneveranyassessorshall 31increasethevaluationofanyrealproperty,heorsheshallforthwithnotifytherecordowner 32onorbeforeJunefifteenthofsuchincreaseand,inayearofgeneralreassessment,thecounty 33shallnotifytherecordowneroftheprojectedtaxliabilitylikelytoresultfromsuchan 34increase,eitherinperson,orbymaildirectedtothelastknownaddress;everysuchincrease 35inassessedvaluationmadebytheassessorshallbesubjecttoreviewbythecountyboardof 36equalizationwhereatthelandownershallbeentitledtobeheard,andthenoticetothe 37landownershallsostate.Noticeoftheprojectedtaxliabilityfromthecountyshall 38accompanythenoticeofincreasedvaluationfromtheassessor. 39 5.Thenoticeofprojectedtaxliability,requiredundersubsections2and4ofthis 40section,fromthecountyshallinclude: 41 (1)Therecordowner'sname,address,andtheparcelnumberoftheproperty; 42 (2)Alistofallpoliticalsubdivisionslevyingataxuponthepropertyoftherecord 43owner; 44 (3)Theprojectedtaxrateforeachpoliticalsubdivisionlevyingataxuponthe 45propertyoftherecordowner,andthepurposeforeachlevyofsuchpoliticalsubdivisions; 46 (4)Thepreviousyear'staxratesforeachindividualtaxlevyimposedbyeach 47politicalsubdivisionlevyingataxuponthepropertyoftherecordowner; 48 (5)Thetaxrateceilingforeachlevyimposedbyeachpoliticalsubdivisionlevyinga 49taxuponthepropertyoftherecordowner; 50 (6)Thecontactinformationforeachpoliticalsubdivisionlevyingataxuponthe 51propertyoftherecordowner; HB1582 2 52 (7)Astatementidentifyinganyprojectedtaxratesforpoliticalsubdivisionslevyinga 53taxuponthepropertyoftherecordowner,whichwerenotcalculatedandprovidedbythe 54politicalsubdivisionlevyingthetax;and 55 (8)Thetotalprojectedpropertytaxliabilityofthetaxpayer. 56 6.Inadditiontotherequirementsprovidedundersubsections1,2,and5ofthis 57section,effectiveJanuary1,2011,inanycountywithacharterformofgovernmentandwith 58morethanonemillioninhabitants,wheneveranyassessorshallnotifyarecordownerofany 59changeinassessedvalue,suchassessorshallprovidenoticethatinformationregardingthe 60specificassessmentmethodandthebasisofthecomputationofvalueforsuchpropertyis 61availableontheassessor'swebsiteandprovidetheexactwebsiteaddressatwhichsuch 62informationmaybeaccessed.Suchnotificationshallprovidetheassessor'scontact 63informationtoenabletaxpayerswithoutinternetaccesstorequestandreceiveinformation 64regardingtheassessmentmethodandcomputationofvalueforsuchproperty.Ifanythird- 65partydocuments,reports,orotherdatawasrelieduponbytheassessorinthe 66computationofassessedvalue,suchdocuments,reports,orotherdatashallbedisclosed 67totherecordownerontheassessor'swebsiteidentifiedinthenoticerequiredunderthis 68subsection. 137.355.1.Ifanassessorincreasesthevaluationofanytangiblepersonalpropertyas 2estimatedintheitemizedlistfurnishedtotheassessor,andifanassessorincreasesthe 3valuationofanyrealproperty,heshallforthwithnotifytherecordowneroftheincreaseeither 4inpersonorbymaildirectedtothelastknownaddress,andiftheaddressoftheowneris 5unknownnoticeshallbegivenbypublicationintwonewspaperspublishedinthecounty. 6 2.ForallcalendaryearspriortothefirstdayofJanuaryoftheyearfollowingreceipt 7ofsoftwarenecessaryfortheimplementationoftherequirementsprovidedundersubsections 83and4ofthissectionfromthestatetaxcommission,wheneveranyassessorshallincrease 9thevaluationofanyrealproperty,heorsheshallforthwithnotifytherecordowneronor 10beforeJunefifteenthofthepreviousassessedvalueandsuchincreaseeitherinperson,orby 11maildirectedtothelastknownaddressandincludeonthefaceofsuchnotice,innolessthan 12twelve-pointfont,thefollowingstatement: 13 NOTICETOTAXPAYER:IFYOURASSESSEDVALUEHASINCREASED,IT 14MAYINCREASEYOURREALPROPERTYTAXESWHICHAREDUEDECEMBER 15THIRTY-FIRST.IFYOUDONOTAGREETHATTHEVALUEOFYOURPROPERTY 16HASINCREASED,YOUMUSTCHALLENGETHEVALUEONORBEFORE______ 17(INSERTDATEBYWHICHAPPEALMUSTBEFILED)BYCONTACTINGYOUR 18COUNTYASSESSOR. 19 3.EffectiveJanuaryfirstoftheyearfollowingreceiptofsoftwarenecessaryforthe 20implementationoftherequirementsprovidedunderthissubsectionandsubsection4ofthis HB1582 3 21sectionfromthestatetaxcommission,ifanassessorincreasesthevaluationofanyreal 22property,theassessor,onorbeforeJunefifteenth,shallnotifytherecordownerofthe 23increaseand,inayearofgeneralreassessment,thecountyshallnotifytherecordownerofthe 24projectedtaxliabilitylikelytoresultfromsuchanincreaseeitherinpersonorbymail 25directedtothelastknownaddress,and,iftheaddressoftheownerisunknown,noticeshall 26begivenbypublicationintwonewspaperspublishedinthecounty.Noticeoftheprojected 27taxliabilityfromthecountyshallaccompanythenoticeofincreasedvaluationfromthe 28assessor. 29 4.Thenoticeofprojectedtaxliability,requiredundersubsection3ofthissection, 30fromthecountyshallinclude: 31 (1)Therecordowner'sname,address,andtheparcelnumberoftheproperty; 32 (2)Alistofallpoliticalsubdivisionslevyingataxuponthepropertyoftherecord 33owner; 34 (3)Theprojectedtaxrateforeachpoliticalsubdivisionlevyingataxuponthe 35propertyoftherecordowner,andthepurposeforeachlevyofsuchpoliticalsubdivisions; 36 (4)Thepreviousyear'staxratesforeachindividualtaxlevyimposedbyeach 37politicalsubdivisionlevyingataxuponthepropertyoftherecordowner; 38 (5)Thetaxrateceilingforeachlevyimposedbyeachpoliticalsubdivisionlevyinga 39taxuponthepropertyoftherecordowner; 40 (6)Thecontactinformationforeachpoliticalsubdivisionlevyingataxuponthe 41propertyoftherecordowner; 42 (7)Astatementidentifyinganyprojectedtaxratesforpoliticalsubdivisionslevyinga 43taxuponthepropertyoftherecordowner,whichwerenotcalculatedandprovidedbythe 44politicalsubdivisionlevyingthetax;and 45 (8)Thetotalprojectedpropertytaxliabilityofthetaxpayer. 46 5.(1)Wheneveranassessornotifiesarecordownerofanincreaseinassessed 47valueasrequiredundersubsection3ofthissection,suchassessorshallprovide: 48 (a)Noticethatinformationregardingthespecificassessmentmethodandthe 49basisofthecomputationofvalueforsuchpropertyisavailableontheassessor's 50website;and 51 (b)Theexactwebsiteaddressatwhichsuchinformationmaybeaccessed. 52 (2)Suchnotificationshallprovidetheassessor'scontactinformationtoenable 53taxpayerswithoutinternetaccesstorequestandreceiveinformationregardingthe 54assessmentmethodandcomputationofvalueforsuchproperty. 55 (3)Ifanythird-partydocuments,reports,orotherdatawasrelieduponbythe 56assessorinthecomputationofassessedvalue,suchdocuments,reports,orotherdata HB1582 4 57shallbedisclosedtotherecordownerontheassessor'swebsiteidentifiedinthenotice 58requiredunderthissubsection. 138.060.1.Thecountyboardofequalizationshall,inasummaryway,determineall 2appealsfromthevaluationofpropertymadebytheassessor,andshallcorrectandadjustthe 3assessmentaccordingly.Thereshallbenopresumptionthattheassessor'svaluationis 4correct.Inanycountywithacharterformofgovernmentwithapopulationgreaterthantwo 5hundredeightythousandinhabitantsbutlessthantwohundredeighty-fivethousand 6inhabitants,inanycountywithacharterformofgovernmentwithgreaterthanonemillion 7inhabitants,inanycitynotwithinacounty,andinanyothercountyforanypropertywhose 8assessedvaluationincreasedatleastfifteenpercentfromthepreviousassessmentunlessthe 9increaseisduetonewconstructionorimprovement,theassessorshallhavetheburdento 10provethattheassessor'svaluationdoesnotexceedthetruemarketvalueofthesubject 11property.Insuchcountyorcity,intheeventaphysicalinspectionofthesubjectpropertyis 12requiredbysubsection10ofsection137.115,theassessorshallhavetheburdentoestablish 13themannerinwhichthephysicalinspectionwasperformedandshallhavetheburdento 14provethatthephysicalinspectionwasperformedinaccordancewithsection137.115.Insuch 15countyorcity,intheeventtheassessorfailstoprovidesufficientevidencetoestablishthat 16thephysicalinspectionwasperformedinaccordancewithsection137.115,theproperty 17ownershallprevailontheappealasamatteroflaw,andtheassessor'sincreasedassessed 18valuationshallbevoidinitsentirety,andthepreviousassessedvaluationshallbe 19appliedtothepropertyinplaceoftheincreasedassessedvaluation. Atanyhearing 20beforethestatetaxcommissionoracourtofcompetentjurisdictionofanappealof 21assessmentfromafirstclasschartercountyoracitynotwithinacounty,theassessorshallnot 22advocatenorpresentevidenceadvocatingavaluationhigherthanthatvaluefinally 23determinedbytheassessororthevaluedeterminedbytheboardofequalization,whicheveris 24higher,forthatassessmentperiod. 25 2.Thecountyclerkshallkeepanaccuraterecordoftheproceedingsandordersofthe 26board,andtheassessorshallcorrectallerroneousassessments,andtheclerkshalladjustthe 27taxbookaccordingtotheordersofsuchboardandtheordersofthestatetaxcommission, 28exceptthatinaddingordeductingsuchpercenttoeachtractorparcelofrealestateas 29requiredbysuchboardorstatetaxcommission,heshalladdordeductineachcaseany 30fractionalsumoflessthanfiftycents,sothatthevalueofanyseparatetractshallcontainno 31fractionsofadollar. 138.434.Inanyfirstclasschartercountyoracitynotwithinacounty[mayrequire 2byordinanceorcharterthereimbursementto],ataxpayer[fortheamountofjustand 3reasonableappraisalcosts,attorneyfeesandcourtcosts] shallbeentitledtoanawardofall 4appraisalcostsandcourtcostsresultingfromanevidentiaryhearingbeforethestatetax HB1582 5 5commissionoracourtofcompetentjurisdictionifsuchappealresultsinafinaldecision 6reducingtheappraisedvalueofresidentialpropertybyatleastfifteenpercentortheappraised 7valueofutility,industrialrailroadandothersubclassthreepropertybyatleasttwenty-five 8percentfromtheappraisedvaluedeterminedbytheboardofequalizationforthattaxyear. 9Thecommissionorcourtawardingsuchfeesandcostsshallconsiderthereasonablenessof 10thefeesandcostswithinthecontextoftheparticularcase.Suchfeesandcostsshallnot 11exceed[one]fivethousanddollarsforaresidentialpropertyappeal.Suchfeesandcostsfor 12utility,industrialrailroadorothersubclassthreepropertyappealsshallnotexceedthelesser 13of[four] fivethousanddollarsortwenty-fivepercentofthetaxsavingsresultingfromthe 14appeal.Theprovisionsofthissectionshallonlyapplytothefirstcontestedyearwhencases 15aretriedonaconsolidatedbasis. 139.031.1.Anytaxpayermayprotestalloranypartofanycurrenttaxesassessed 2againstthetaxpayer,excepttaxescollectedbythedirectorofrevenueofMissouri.Anysuch 3taxpayerdesiringtopayanycurrenttaxesunderprotestorwhilepayingtaxesbasedupona 4disputedassessmentshall[, atthetimeofpayingsuchtaxes,] makefullpaymentofthecurrent 5taxbillbeforethedelinquencydateandfilewiththecollectorbeforethedelinquencydatea 6writtenstatementsettingforththegroundsonwhichtheprotestisbased.Thestatementshall 7includethetruevalueinmoneyclaimedbythetaxpayerifdisputed.Anappealbeforethe 8statetaxcommissionshallnotbedismissedonthegroundsthatataxpayerfailedtofilea 9writtenstatementwhenpayingtaxesbaseduponadisputedassessment. 10 2.Uponreceiving[paymentofcurrenttaxesunder] writtennoticeofprotestunder 11subsection1ofthissectionoruponreceivingfromthestatetaxcommissionorthecircuit 12courtnoticeofanappealfromthestatetaxcommissionorthecircuitcourtundersection 13138.430,[alongwith]andfullpaymentofthecurrenttaxbillbeforethedelinquencydate,the 14collectorshalldisbursetotheproperofficialallportionsoftaxesnotprotestedornotdisputed 15bythetaxpayerandshallimpoundinaseparatefundallportionsofsuchtaxeswhichare 16protestedorindispute.Everytaxpayerprotestingthepaymentofcurrenttaxesunder 17subsection1ofthissectionshall,withinninetydaysafterfilinghisprotest,commencean 18actionagainstthecollectorbyfilingapetitionfortherecoveryoftheamountprotestedinthe 19circuitcourtofthecountyinwhichthecollectormaintainshisoffice.Ifanytaxpayerso 20protestinghistaxesundersubsection1ofthissectionshallfailtocommenceanactioninthe 21circuitcourtfortherecoveryofthetaxesprotestedwithinthetimeprescribedinthis 22subsection,suchprotestshallbecomenullandvoidandofnoeffect,andthecollectorshall 23thendisbursetotheproperofficialthetaxesimpounded,andanyinterestearnedthereon,as 24providedaboveinthissubsection. 25 3.Noactionagainstthecollectorshallbecommencedbyanytaxpayerwhohas, 26effectiveforthecurrenttaxyear,filedwiththestatetaxcommissionorthecircuitcourta HB1582 6 27timelyandproperappealoftheassessmentofthetaxpayer'sproperty.Theportionoftaxesin 28disputefromanappealofanassessmentshallbeimpoundedinaseparatefundandthe 29commissioninitsdecisionandorderissuedunderchapter138orthecircuitcourtinits 30judgmentmayorderalloranypartofsuchtaxesrefundedtothetaxpayer,ormayauthorize 31thecollectortoreleaseanddisbursealloranypartofsuchtaxes. 32 4.Trialoftheactionforrecoveryoftaxesprotestedundersubsection1ofthissection 33inthecircuitcourtshallbeinthemannerprescribedfornonjurycivilproceedings,and,after 34determinationoftheissues,thecourtshallmakesuchordersasmaybejustandequitableto 35refundtothetaxpayeralloranypartofthecurrenttaxespaidunderprotest,togetherwithany 36interestearnedthereon,ortoauthorizethecollectortoreleaseanddisbursealloranypartof 37theimpoundedtaxes,andanyinterestearnedthereon,totheappropriateofficialsofthetaxing 38authorities.Eitherpartytotheproceedingsmayappealthedeterminationofthecircuitcourt. 39 5.Allthecountycollectorsoftaxes,andthecollectoroftaxesinanycitynotwithina 40county,shall,uponwrittenapplicationofataxpayer,refundorcreditagainstthetaxpayer's 41taxliabilityinthefollowingtaxableyearandsubsequentconsecutivetaxableyearsuntilthe 42taxpayerhasreceivedcreditinfullforanyrealorpersonalpropertytaxmistakenlyor 43erroneouslyleviedagainstthetaxpayerandcollectedinwholeorinpartbythecollector. 44Suchapplicationshallbefiledwithinthreeyearsafterthetaxismistakenlyorerroneously 45paid.Thegoverningbody,orotherappropriatebodyorofficialofthecountyorcitynot 46withinacounty,shallmakeavailabletothecollectorfundsnecessarytomakerefundsunder 47thissubsectionbyissuingwarrantsuponthefundtowhichthemistakenorerroneous 48paymenthasbeencredited,orotherwise. 49 6.Notaxpayershallreceiveanyinterestonanymoneypaidinbythetaxpayer 50erroneously. 51 7.Allprotestedtaxesimpoundedunderprotestundersubsection1ofthissectionand 52alldisputedtaxesimpoundedundernoticeasrequiredbysection138.430shallbeinvestedby 53thecollectorinthesamemannerasassetsspecifiedinsection30.260forinvestmentofstate 54moneys.Ataxpayerwhoisentitledtoarefundofprotestedordisputedtaxesshallalso 55receivetheinterestearnedontheinvestmentthereof.Ifthecollectorisorderedtoreleaseand 56disburseallorpartofthetaxespaidunderprotestordisputetotheproperofficial,suchtaxes 57shallbedisbursedalongwiththeproportionalamountofinterestearnedontheinvestmentof 58thetaxesduetheparticulartaxingauthority. 59 8.Anytaxingauthoritymayrequesttobenotifiedbythecountycollectorofcurrent 60taxespaidunderprotest.Suchrequestshallbeinwritingandsubmittedonorbefore 61Februaryfirstnextfollowingthedelinquentdateofcurrenttaxespaidunderprotestor 62disputed,andthecountycollectorshallprovidesuchinformationonorbeforeMarchfirstof 63thesameyeartotherequestingtaxingauthorityofthetaxespaidunderprotestanddisputed HB1582 7 64taxeswhichwouldbereceivedbysuchtaxingauthorityifthefundswerenotthesubjectofa 65protestordispute.Anytaxingauthoritymayapplytothecircuitcourtofthecountyorcity 66notwithinacountyinwhichacollectorhasimpoundedprotestedordisputedtaxesunderthis 67sectionand,uponasatisfactoryshowingthatsuchtaxingauthoritywouldreceivesuch 68impoundedtaxfundsiftheywerenotthesubjectofaprotestordisputeandthatsuchtaxing 69authorityhasthefinancialabilityandlegalcapacitytorepaysuchimpoundedtaxfundsinthe 70eventadecisionorderingarefundtothetaxpayerissubsequentlymade,thecircuitcourtshall 71order,pendentelite,thedisbursalofalloranypartofsuchimpoundedtaxfundstosuch 72taxingauthority.Thecircuitcourtissuinganorderunderthissubsectionshallretain 73jurisdictionofsuchmatterforfurtherproceedings,ifany,tocompelrestitutionofsuchtax 74fundstothetaxpayer.Intheeventthatanyprotestedordisputedtaxfundsrefundedtoa 75taxpayerweredisbursedtoataxingauthorityunderthissubsectioninsteadofbeingheldand 76investedbythecollectorundersubsection7ofthissection,thetaxpayershallbeentitledto 77interestonallrefundedtaxfunds, fromthedatethatthedisputedtaxesweredistributedto 78ataxingauthoritythroughthedateoftherefund,atthe[annualrate]ratescalculatedby 79thestatetreasurerandappliedbythedirectorofrevenueundersection32.068.Thismeasure 80ofinterestshallonlyapplytoprotestedordisputedtaxfundsactuallydistributedtoataxing 81authoritypursuanttothissubsection.Intheeventofarefundofprotestedordisputedtax 82fundswhichremainimpoundedbythecollector,thetaxpayershallinsteadbeentitledtothe 83interestactuallyearnedonthoserefundedimpoundedtaxfundsundersubsection7ofthis 84section.Anysovereignorofficialimmunityotherwiseapplicabletothetaxingauthoritiesis 85herebywaivedforallpurposesrelatedtothissubsection,andthetaxpayerisexpressly 86authorizedtoseekanorderenforcingthisprovisionfromthecircuitcourtthatoriginally 87orderedthedistributionoftheprotestedordisputedfunds,ordirectlyfromthestatetax 88commission,ifthetaxappealthatresultedintherefundwasheardanddeterminedbythe 89statetaxcommission. 90 9.Noappealfiledfromthecircuitcourt'sorstatetaxcommission'sdetermination 91pertainingtotheamountofrefundshallstayanyorderofrefund,butthedecisionfiledbyany 92courtoflastreviewmodifyingthatdeterminationshallbebindingontheparties,andthe 93decisionrenderedshallbecompliedwithbythepartyaffectedbyanymodificationwithin 94ninetydaysofthedateofsuchdecision.Notaxpayershallreceiveanyinterestonany 95additionalawardofrefund,andthecollectorshallnotreceiveanyinterestonanyordered 96returnofrefundinwholeorinpart.Intheeventthatataxpayerisentitledtoarefund,the 97collectorshallissuetherefundtothetaxpayerwithinthirtydaysofthedatethatthe 98circuitcourt'sorstatetaxcommission'sdeterminationestablishingtheamountofthe 99refundbecomesfinal,andifthecollectordoesnotissuetherefundwithinthirtydays, 100thetaxpayershallbeentitledtointerestontherefundattherateestablishedbythe HB1582 8 101directorofrevenueundersection32.065fortheperiodoftimeaftertheexpirationofthe 102thirtydaysanduntiltherefundisissued,inadditiontoallotherinterestduetothe 103taxpayerunderthissection. ✔ HB1582 9