Ohio Code § 5713.012

§ 5713.012.

(A) For purposes of this section: (1) “ Mass appraisal project ” means any sexennial reappraisal, triennial update, or other revaluation of all real

property or the valuation of newly constructed real property in accordance with section 5713.01 of the Revised Code . (2) “ Qualified project manager ” means a person who plans, manages, coordinates, and controls the execution of a

mass appraisal project under the direction of the county auditor and who has all of

the following qualifications: (a) Has passed a comprehensive final examination that corresponds to a course, approved

by the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing, that consists of

at least thirty hours of instruction, quizzes, and learning aids.  The superintendent shall not approve a course under this division that does not

address the following topics in both the instruction and the examination: (i) Concepts and principles of mass appraisal as they relate to the assessment of real

property for the purposes of ad valorem taxation; (ii) Methods of data collection and data management relative to parcels of real property,

including modern alternative data collection methods and currently utilized computer-assisted

mass appraisal systems; (iii) Assessment sales-ratio study including various measures of central tendency, the

various measures of dispersion of data about the mean, median, and dollar-weighted

mean, and the advantages and disadvantages of various analysis techniques; (iv) Traditional approaches of property valuation, including the cost approach, the sales

comparison approach, and the income approach, as they are implemented in a mass appraisal

project; (v) Methods and systems for model building and model calibration as related to mass appraisal

of real property; (vi) Methods of production management and project analysis such as Gantt charts, program

evaluation and review technique (PERT) charts, frequency distribution charts, line

graphs, bar charts, and scatter diagrams, as they are utilized in the mass appraisal

area. (b) Has completed at least seven hours of continuing education courses in real property

or mass appraisal during the two-year period immediately succeeding the year in which

the person passed the examination required in division (A)(2)(a) of this section,

and during each two-year period thereafter. (B)(1) The county auditor, in acting as the assessor of all real property in the auditor's

county for taxation purposes in accordance with section 5713.01 of the Revised Code , shall involve at least one qualified project manager in each mass appraisal project

that originates more than two years after the effective date of the enactment of this

section by H.B. 487 of the 129th general assembly, September 10, 2012. (2) The tax commissioner, beginning two years after the effective date of the enactment

of this section by H.B. 487 of the 129th general assembly, September 10, 2012, shall

not approve any contract entered into by the auditor under division (E) of section 5713.01 of the Revised Code with a person to do all or any part of the work necessary to the performance of the

auditor's duties as assessor unless that person designates an officer or employee

of that person, with the appropriate credentials, to act as a qualified project manager. (3) The tax commissioner, beginning two years after the effective date of the enactment

of this section by H.B. 487 of the 129th general assembly, September 10, 2012, shall

not include any person that has not designated an officer or employee, with the appropriate

credentials, to act as a qualified project manager on a list generated by the commissioner

for either of the following purposes: (a) To assist county auditors in selecting a person to do all or any part of the work

necessary to the performance of the auditor's duties as assessor of all real property

under section 5713.01 of the Revised Code ; (b) To assist the commissioner in the consideration of whether to approve or disapprove

the auditor's application requesting authority to employ an appraisal firm or individual

appraiser. (C) The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall adopt reasonable

rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for the implementation

of this section, including rules establishing both of the following: (1) The form and manner by which persons may apply to the superintendent to offer a thirty-hour

course or continuing education course as described in division (A)(2) of this section; (2) Standards to be used by the superintendent in approving a thirty-hour course or continuing

education course described in division (A)(2) of this section.