| | | (a) The reasonable expenses of expert witnesses | | in connection with an administrative proceeding, | | except that an expert witness may not be | | compensated at a rate in excess of the highest | | rate of compensation for expert witnesses paid | | by the State; |
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| | | (b) The reasonable cost of any study, analysis, | | engineering report, test or project that is | | found by the bureau to be necessary for the | | preparation of the party's case; and |
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| | | (c) Reasonable attorney's fees. |
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| | | The bureau shall determine the amount of the award | | made under divisions (b) and (c). |
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| | | B. "Reasonable administrative costs" includes only those | | costs incurred pursuant to paragraph A on or after | | whichever of the following is the earliest: |
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| | | (1)__The date of the receipt by the taxpayer of the | | notice of the decision of the assessor; |
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| | | (2) The date of the notice of deficiency; or |
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| | | (3) The date on which the first letter of proposed | | deficiency that allows the taxpayer an opportunity | | for administrative review by the assessor is sent. |
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| | | 12.__Reasonable litigation costs.__"Reasonable litigation | | costs" includes: |
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| | | A.__Reasonable court costs; and |
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| | | B.__Based upon prevailing market rates for the kind or | | quality of services furnished: |
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| | | (1) The reasonable expenses of expert witnesses in | | connection with a court proceeding, except that an | | expert witness may not be compensated at a rate in | | excess of the highest rate of compensation for expert | | witnesses paid by the State; |
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| | | (2) The reasonable cost of any study, analysis, | | engineering report, test or project that is found by | | the court to be necessary for the preparation of the | | party's case; and |
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