They own their houses and pay separately assessed property taxes on them.

He also moved the county to a four-year assessment cycle so that the assessed property values would be more stable.

Aid is determined by a formula that evaluates a district's assessed property and number of students.

The total assessed property value in the Golden Triangle was at a record low and falling.

For instance, in the last 10 years, assessed property value increased an average of 73 percent while the real, or market, value rose 197 percent.

But during the same period, school taxes in the borough increased by 35 cents per $100 of municipally assessed property value.

This year, the city government faced a revolt when a new assessor unveiled a major increase in the assessed property values.

The same article stated that it's also common for a pharmacy chain to pay higher than assessed property values when acquiring land and buildings.

Disney's presence is so great that its $1.47 billion in assessed property accounts for 8 percent of Orange County's real estate tax base.

The city of Bell assessed property owners for sewer fees without getting the mandated voter approval.

First, school districts were strictly limited to a $1.50 tax rate per $100 assessed property value for maintenance and operations (M&O).

During Fiscal Year 2009, the city assessed property owners a total of $37 million for property taxes.

Middlesex County also taxes homeowners one cent on each $100 of assessed property value to raise money for preservation purposes.

In December 1976, voters approved a 77 cent-per-US$100 assessed property value increase to improve the school's educational fund.

Some states assessed property owners by a combination of land value and a capitation tax, a tax on each worker employed.

In Dundee Township, voters will be asked to pay 2.5 percent of assessed property valuation for land and development rights.

Murphy criticized practices that allowed assessed property values to remain the same over multiple years despite steady gains in real values.

"For us, the state's share has decreased over five years and the assessed property valuations in many communities like Peekskill have decreased."

He said the planned developments would double the borough's current assessed property value of $1 billion, producing an additional $13 million a year in local taxes.

Schenter had resigned after an internal investigation was launched and he was unable to provide evidence justifying the lower assessed property values.

The club is the largest taxpayer in Darien, with an assessed property value (equal to 70 percent of estimated value) of $29.8 million.

The bonds will be repaid by taxes imposed on property owners at a rate of 10 cents per $100 of assessed property value.

New York City would pay fairly assessed property taxes and would demand no local services and send no children to school.

Assessed property values have dropped about 20 percent, he said, and the city is assuming it will collect about 60 percent of what is owed.

High also led a fight to force the Florida East Coast Railway to pay the arrears in its assessed property taxes.