The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• PRINCIPAL PROPERTY APPRAISER (BOARD OF EQUALIZATION) - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

3413

For PRINCIPAL PROPERTY APPRAISER (BOARD OF EQUALIZATION), once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03413

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Hiring and Examination Unit
  CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration
  Hiring and Examination Unit
  651 Bannon Street
  Suite 100 MIC: 00
  Sacramento, CA 95811
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration
  Hiring and Examination Unit
  651 Bannon Street
  Suite 100 MIC: 00
  Sacramento, CA 95811
  8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  Monday-Friday (excluding holidays)

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

Applications received cannot be returned pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 2 section 174.

Candidates are responsible for a timely submission of their application (and any other required documentation) and are encouraged to contact the Examination Section at Exams@cdtfa.ca.gov to verify receipt of their application before the cut off date.

All applications must include: The Exam Code and Classification Title(s); “to” and “from” dates (month/day/year); time base and hours worked; civil service class title (not working title); and complete description of duties performed.

Any applications received without candidate signature or complete information will be rejected.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

The following minimum qualification patterns come directly from the official classification specification, found at Property Appraiser (Board of Equalization) Series - CalHR.

Either I

Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a class equivalent to a Supervising Property Appraiser (Board of Equalization), Senior Specialist Property Appraiser (Board of Equalization), Senior Specialist Property Auditor Appraiser (Board of Equalization) or Senior Forest Property Appraiser.

Or II

Experience: Five years of experience in the appraisal of major and complex properties for tax assessment purposes, at least two years of which must have been in a full-supervisory or administrative capacity. [Experience in California state service applied toward this requirement must include one year performing the duties of a Supervising Property Appraiser (Board of Equalization), or two years performing duties in a class with a level of responsibility not less than that of Senior Specialist Property Appraiser (Board of Equalization), Senior Specialist Property Auditor Appraiser (Board of Equalization), Senior Forest Property Appraiser or Senior Petroleum and Mining Appraiser Engineer.

and

Education: Equivalent to graduation from college. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)

NOTE REGARDING EDUCATION: If qualifying under a minimum qualifications pattern requiring education, applicants MUST ATTACH a copy of either their official OR unofficial college transcript(s) as proof of obtaining the required degree and/or completion of the required course work indicated. Applicants who do not submit a copy of their transcripts with their application will be eliminated from the examination. Transcripts must indicate applicant name, the name of the institution, and detailed information regarding any required coursework, including: course title; semester/quarter credits earned; name of institution; and completion dates. If a degree is required, transcripts submitted as proof must also show the date the degree was awarded/conferred. Applicants must provide official transcripts by time of hire before being considered eligible for appointment.

Applicants with foreign transcripts must provide a foreign transcript evaluation that indicates the number of units that his/her foreign course work is equivalent to. The CDTFA accepts foreign transcript evaluations that are completed by one of the agencies approved by the California Commission on Teachers Credentialing; approved agencies may be found on the website: www.ctc.ca.gov.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

• General appraisal methods, procedures, and terminology.
• General accounting and auditing principles and procedures.
• Real property law and common methods of describing property.
• Specialized practices and procedures used in property appraisals and/or auditing, public utility regulations and utility accounting*.
• Provisions of Property Tax laws administered by the State Board of Equalization.
• Purposes, organization, and procedures of assessors' offices.
• Departmental policies, rules, and regulations; organization of the State Board of Equalization, particularly the Property Taxes Program.
• Principles, practices, and trends of public and business administration.
• Principles and techniques of personnel management, supervision, and employer-employee relations.
• Departmental administrative goals and policies.
• State Board of Equalization's Equal Employment Opportunity Program objectives.
• Supervisor's or manager's role in the Equal Employment Opportunity Program and the processes available to meet affirmative action objectives.

Ability to:

• Apply the required knowledge.

• Conduct appraisals and/or audits of real and personal properties.

• Analyze data and draw sound conclusions; analyze situations accurately and take effective action.

• Prepare clear, complete, concise reports; and communicate effectively.

• Plan, organize, and direct the work of a staff engaged in property appraisal and audit functions.

• Develop the skills and abilities of subordinate staff.

• Resolve complex supervisorial and/or managerial problems.

• Effectively contribute to the State Board of Equalization's equal employment opportunity objectives.

* Property Auditor Appraiser (Board of Equalization) only.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the PRINCIPAL PROPERTY APPRAISER (BOARD OF EQUALIZATION) Classification will be established for:

• CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.