149.600 Appeal from listing of property as timberland. (1) Any person aggrieved by a listing of any portion of his property as timberland by the property valuation administrator may file a protest with the county <br>judge/executive, provided the protest is in writing and is made within thirty (30) <br>days of receipt of notice of the listing. Protest may be made on the ground that the <br>land or any portion so listed is not timberland, or that the timberland so listed will <br>not be benefited by the forest fire protective system then in effect, or benefited by <br>the proposed forest fire protective system if the assessment is being made for the <br>first time in that county. (2) The county judge/executive shall hear all protests properly filed. Protests shall be heard within a reasonable time after the filing thereof, and reasonable notice shall <br>be given to the protestant and the secretary for energy and environment as to the <br>time and place of the hearing. The county judge/executive shall have authority to <br>issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of any witness desired by any interested <br>party, and he shall be authorized to administer the oath to any witness. (3) Proceedings for hearing any protest shall be summary and the findings of the county judge/executive shall be final, and an order shall be entered either dismissing the <br>protest or directing the proper county officials to alter their records in accordance <br>with the findings. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 166, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended <br>1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(3). -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 10, <br>effective June 19, 1958.
149.600 Appeal from listing of property as timberland. (1) Any person aggrieved by a listing of any portion of his property as timberland by the property valuation administrator may file a protest with the county <br>judge/executive, provided the protest is in writing and is made within thirty (30) <br>days of receipt of notice of the listing. Protest may be made on the ground that the <br>land or any portion so listed is not timberland, or that the timberland so listed will <br>not be benefited by the forest fire protective system then in effect, or benefited by <br>the proposed forest fire protective system if the assessment is being made for the <br>first time in that county. (2) The county judge/executive shall hear all protests properly filed. Protests shall be heard within a reasonable time after the filing thereof, and reasonable notice shall <br>be given to the protestant and the secretary for energy and environment as to the <br>time and place of the hearing. The county judge/executive shall have authority to <br>issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of any witness desired by any interested <br>party, and he shall be authorized to administer the oath to any witness. (3) Proceedings for hearing any protest shall be summary and the findings of the county judge/executive shall be final, and an order shall be entered either dismissing the <br>protest or directing the proper county officials to alter their records in accordance <br>with the findings. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 166, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended <br>1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(3). -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 10, <br>effective June 19, 1958.
149.600 Appeal from listing of property as timberland. (1) Any person aggrieved by a listing of any portion of his property as timberland by the property valuation administrator may file a protest with the county <br>judge/executive, provided the protest is in writing and is made within thirty (30) <br>days of receipt of notice of the listing. Protest may be made on the ground that the <br>land or any portion so listed is not timberland, or that the timberland so listed will <br>not be benefited by the forest fire protective system then in effect, or benefited by <br>the proposed forest fire protective system if the assessment is being made for the <br>first time in that county. (2) The county judge/executive shall hear all protests properly filed. Protests shall be heard within a reasonable time after the filing thereof, and reasonable notice shall <br>be given to the protestant and the secretary for energy and environment as to the <br>time and place of the hearing. The county judge/executive shall have authority to <br>issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of any witness desired by any interested <br>party, and he shall be authorized to administer the oath to any witness. (3) Proceedings for hearing any protest shall be summary and the findings of the county judge/executive shall be final, and an order shall be entered either dismissing the <br>protest or directing the proper county officials to alter their records in accordance <br>with the findings. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 166, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended <br>1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. III, sec. 13(3). -- Created 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 10, <br>effective June 19, 1958.
