(a) Any person appointed to reassess the property or any class of property in any county, or district or subdivision thereof, shall have all the power and authority given by law to deputy county assessors and shall perform all the duties and be subject to all restrictions and penalties imposed by law upon deputy county assessors.
(b)
(1) Appointees shall have access to all public records and files which may be needful or serviceable in the performance of the duty imposed and while engaged in this duty shall be entitled to have the custody and possession of the assessment roll containing the original assessment in the district and all other statements and memoranda relative thereto.
(2) A blank assessment roll, if necessary, and all property statements and other blank forms needful for the purpose of reassessment shall be furnished by the county clerk at the expense of the county.