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§ 105-294. Count.,,' assessor.
<br />· (a) Apr, ointment. -- Persons occupving the position of county
<br />sessor o~' July 1, 19S3, shall con:inu~ in office until the first Mon-
<br />day in July, 19~,3. At i~s first regular meeting in July, 19~, and
<br />even, two ~'eari or four x'ears thereafter, as a~vropria{e, lhe
<br />of cdunrv ~ommi!sioner~ of each county shall'gppoint a county
<br />ses~or Id serve a te~ of not ]es~ :h~n t~'o nor more than four year~;
<br />provided, however, that no person shall be eli~ble for initial ap-
<br />~intment to a te~ of more than two years unless such,person is
<br />deemed to be qualified ~ provided in ~ub~ection ~bl of th~s s~tio~
<br />or has been certified by ~he Depa~ment of Revenue as provided in
<br />subsection {c] of this ~ection. The bo~rd of commissioners may re-
<br />move the a~sessor from office during his 1erm for g~d cause after
<br />giving him notice in ~ing and an OOOO~Unitv tO apoe~r and be
<br />~ear~at a public session of the boar&'(Vhener~r a vadancv occurs
<br />in t~s office, ~he board of coumv commissioners sh~ll a~ooint a
<br />qualified ~rson to serve as coudty ~ses~or for ~he ~ri~ of xhe
<br />unexoired term.
<br /> {b)' Person~ who held :~e oo~ifion of as~essor on July 1, 1971, and
<br />continue to hold the po~i~idn, and persons who have been codified
<br />for ap~intment as assessor bv the Deoartment of Revenue between
<br />July 1, 1971, and July 1. lg~3, ~re d~emed to be qualified to serve
<br /> as county assessor. Any c.:her per, on selected to se~-e ~s county
<br /> assessor must meet ~h~ following requirement: '
<br /> (1) Be at le~t gl ye~ of are as of xhe date of appoinzment;
<br /> (2) Hold a high ~cboo] diploma or cerzificate of equivalency, or
<br /> in the alternaz~ve, have five years employment experience
<br /> in a vocation which ~ re~sonabIy related to ~he ~cties ora
<br /> county
<br /> (3} Within zwo year~ of the date of appointment, achieve a
<br /> pa~sing score ~n cc. urse~ of in~mcfion approved bY xhe
<br /> panmem of Revt~e tm'orang ~he fo]lmving to~ics:
<br /> z. ~e laws of No~h Car&ina governing lhe ii,ting, a~
<br /> praisa], a~d a~sessment of prope~y for taxation;
<br /> b. The ~heo~ and vraaice of esximating ~he fair market
<br /> value o~real dro~nv for ad valorem t~x pu~se~;
<br /> c. ~e ~heo~, and'prac~ide of estimating the fair market
<br /> ~'a]ue of t~ng~]e anti ~man~ble pey~ona] property for
<br /> ~d valorem :ax purposes; and
<br /> d. Proper~y a~e~ment administration.
<br /> f4) Upon comp]etlon & the required four courses: ~chieve a
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<br /> lc) Cenificalion. ~ Per~c,r,s meeiing all of ~he requiremems of
<br />~his section shal) be ctnifi~d by ~be Department of Revenue. From
<br />lhe ~ale of ap~in~ment ~n;il ~he da~e of certification, persons ~
<br />~in~d ~ se~'e a~ coumy ~i~es~or are deemed ~o be se~'ing in an
<br />aaing capacity. Any ~rson who fails Io quali~, wilhin txvo years
<br />afar ~e date of initial appointment !hall not ~ eligible for re~k
<br />~in~eni ~mil all of ~he requiremenls ~ax'e ~en
<br /> id) In osier lo relain ~he ~)hion of ~un;v alre~or, eve..person
<br />~enSng as county as~e~or. ~ncIuiing ~hos~ ~r~ns aeem~t~o ~
<br />qu~Iifiea under ~e provi~i°n~ of~blr ~ct, ~b~]], in each ~ri~ of 24
<br />monlbs, altend at least 30 hour~ ofinsl~aion in lbo apprai~l or
<br />assessment of property as provided in re~l~ions of the Depa~-
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<br />(e) The com~nsMion and expenses of :he county a~es~r sha~l
<br />be de~ined by the ~erd of county commissioners.
<br /> gD .&l~alh'e to ~epar~e office of county z~e~r. ~ Pursuant
<br />lo A~ [Anic}e] V], Sec~ion 9 of ~he Nonh'Caro]ina Con~xilu~ion,
<br />~he office ofcoumy a~se~sor is hereby declared ~o ~ an office that
<br />may ~ hel~ con~ently with any other ap~intiv, or elective
<br />office except that of member of the ~ard of county commi~ioners.
<br />~1939, c. ~10, s~. 400, 401; ~953, r. 970. ss. ~. 2; f971, c. 8~. s. ~;
<br />]973, c. 476, s. ]93; 19~, c. 813, s. ~; 1987, c. 45. ~. 1, 2.~
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