Minnesota Board of Assessors
ORDER ADOPTING RULES
Adoption of Rules Governing Licensure, Education, Trainee Registration, Record Retention, and Reinstatement, Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1950; Revisor’s ID Number R-04631, OAH docket number 71-9032-36467
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1. The Minnesota Board of Assessors has complied with all notice and procedural requirements in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14, Minnesota Rules, chapter 1400, and other applicable law.
2. The agency received nine written comments and submissions on the rules. No persons requested a public hearing. Therefore, there are not 25 or more requests for a public hearing. The agency received zero requests for notice of submission to the Office of Administrative Hearings.
3. The Board is adding a paragraph to part 1950.1060, subp. 2, specifying that the management and leadership course requirement for Senior Accredited Minnesota Assessor (SAMA) licensure does not apply to a county assessor who, on May 1, 2020, was licensed at the Accredited Minnesota Assessor level and was serving on a probationary appointment pursuant to Minnesota Statute section 273.061, subd. 1. This change to the rule draft is reasonable, because it addresses the potential issue of a county assessor, who is serving on a two-year probationary appointment pending attaining SAMA licensure pursuant to Minnesota Statue § 273.061, subdivision 1, not being able to complete the newly-required course within that two-year period, if the course is not approved and offered during the probationary period. This change does not substantially change the proposed rules, as it only provides an exemption for one of the course requirements for qualifying for SAMA licensure, and it is limited to licensees who meet very specific and unique conditions.
4. The rules are needed and reasonable.
5. A copy of the board’s authorization to adopt the rules is attached
ORDER
The above-named rules, in the form published in the State Register on March 30, 2020, with the modifications as indicated in the Revisor’s draft, file number AR4631, dated May 4, 2020 are adopted under my authority in Minnesota Statutes, section 270.47.
Signed by Executive Secretary Andrea Fish on June 10, 2020