Newton Central Appraisal District
Appraisal Standards Review Follow-Up Report
April 8, 2009
Mr. Ronald Hughes, Board Chairman
Mrs. Margie L. Herrin, Chief Appraiser
Newton Central Appraisal District
109 Court St.
Newton, Texas 75966-3202
Dear Chairman Hughes and Chief Appraiser Herrin:
This letter constitutes the Comptroller's follow-up report of the Appraisal Standards Review (ASR) of Newton Central Appraisal District (Newton CAD) originally released in March 2008. We commend the cooperation of Newton CAD's board, chief appraiser and staff in conducting this follow-up review.
CADs play an integral part in setting property values because they have the statutory responsibility for determining local property values, in turn affecting funding to public schools - a critical part of the state's tax and education policies.
The ASR made eight recommendations to help Newton CAD achieve accurate local value in the annual Property Value Study and improve operations. We have reviewed the implementation of the mandatory recommendations and have concluded that Newton CAD has completed implementing the recommendations and is therefore in compliance with Property Tax Code Section 5.102.
This letter is available on our Window on State Government Web site at www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/cadreports/asr/newton01/.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance.
Sincerely,
Susan Combs
Enclosure
cc: Superintendent and Board of Trustees, Burkeville Independent School District;
Newton Independent School District; Deweyville Independent School District;
Brookeland Independent School District; and Kirbyville Independent School
Newton CAD Board of Directors