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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: 1992 Census of Governments--Property Values Survey.
    Form Number(s): GP-31.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0741.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection without any change in the substance or in the 
method of collection.
    Burden: 13,333 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 40,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting a six month 
extension of OMB approval of the Form GP-31 ``Property Values Survey'' 
to provide sufficient time for completing work on the Taxable Property 
Values Phase of the 1992 Census of Governments. We will use the GP-31 
to collect information on sales price and other sales characteristics 
from buyers or sellers of real property. From this data and information 
on assessed values, which we will obtain from public records of 
transfers available from recording, assessing, or other offices in the 
local area, we will develop assessment-sales price ratios, which will 
in turn be used to produce estimates of real property values. This 
extension is necessary because delays in receipt and processing of 
essential property assessment roles from state government offices has 
delayed mail-out of the GP-31. Data on estimated market value of real 
property and on assessment-sales price ratios are used by many National 
associations. State and local officials use the data to compare 
assessment performance of and between jurisdictions within their 
states. The data will be presented as a major component of the Census 
Bureau's report, Taxable Property Values and Assessment/Sales Price 
Ratios.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every 5 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Edward Michals, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 10, 1994.
Edward Michals,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-3525 Filed 2-14-94; 8:45 am]
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