Administration of the Real Property Tax.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Administration of the Real Property Tax.—The Department of Finance shall be primarily responsible for the proper, efficient and effective administration of the real property tax and for this purpose it shall: Evolve a comprehensive system of real property appraisal that will ensure fair and realistic property valuations for taxation purposes; Establish uniform assessment methods and procedures that will equalize property values in each local political subdivision; Ensure that the ad valorem tax on real property shall be just uniform and equitable; Adopt the necessary measures that will promote maximum tax collection efficiency at the local level; Provide for the optimum utilization by the local governments of the proceeds from the real property tax; and Formulate and adopt policies and procedures that will improve technical skills and develop reasonable standards of performance in the local assessment and treasury services. In order to attain the foregoing objectives, the Secretary of Finance shall exercise direct executive supervision over all assessment and treasury officials and personnel in the local governments.