(a) Whenever, upon the complaint made to the Arkansas Public Service Commission by the county judge, county assessor, or county equalization board of any county or upon the commission's own investigation and motion, and a summary hearing in that behalf had, it shall be made to appear satisfactorily to the commission that the assessment of the property in any county, or district or subdivision thereof, is not in substantial compliance with law and that the interest of the public will be promoted by a reassessment of the property, then the commission shall have authority, at its discretion, to order a reassessment of all or any part of the taxable property in the county, or district or subdivision thereof, to be made by the local assessment officers, or to cause a reassessment to be made by a person to be recommended by the county judge and appointed by the commission for that purpose.
(b) Due notice of the time and place fixed for a hearing upon any complaint made as indicated shall be mailed, at least fifteen (15) days before the time fixed for the hearing, to the county judge and county assessor of the county affected, and the county judge shall immediately cause the notice to be published, at the expense of the county, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county and district.