there's any comments from my colleague here why don't we hear from supervisor peskins and aide lee hel heppner. >> the proposed legislation before you today is an amendment to chapter 2b of the administrative code with policies and procedures for requesting findings of the assessment appeals board prior to an assessment hearing. as i understand it and this was sort of urged to our office at the request of the assessment appeals board, these amendments codify the policies and the procedures that have been developed by the assessment appeals board with the cooperation of the assessor recorders office. relative to requests that the board prepare findings pursuant to california revenue and taxation code 1611.5 and the property tax rules 308 and 325. and i'm happy to go into details and either the applicant or the assessor may make a written request for findings before commencement of an assessment hearing and there's a $215 ddeposit to cover the first hour of those finds and to the requesting party is billed for the preparation of those findings up to 30 hours. there's also a procedure established