§11-1C-6. Required training for assessors, their staffs and county
commissioners.
(a) All county assessors and their appropriate staff members
are required to participate in a training program which meets the
basic criteria set by the property valuation training and
procedures commission. The tax commissioner shall provide the
training programs, which shall commence on or before the first day
of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety. The tax
commissioner shall determine which persons have met the basic
criteria established by the property valuation training and
procedures commission for certification in their respective
positions. Those persons who have met the basic criteria shall be
issued appropriate certificates so signifying. Those persons who
have failed to meet the basic criteria shall be required to take
additional training in those areas in which they are deficient.
Any staff person employed as of the effective date of this section
who fails to meet the basic criteria within one calendar year of
his or her first training shall be placed on probationary status
for six months and, upon continued failure to meet the criteria,
shall be dismissed of any duties related to the actual valuation of
property. Any staff person employed after the effective date of
this section shall become certified within six months of his or her
first training, and otherwise shall be placed on probationary
status for six months and, unless becoming certified, shall be
dismissed of any duties related to the actual valuation of property. The tax commissioner shall conduct periodic training
sessions of a continuing education nature for all assessors and
appropriate staff members whether certified or not. These sessions
shall be held at least once a year. All newly elected or newly
appointed assessors shall participate in a basic training program
prior to taking office. Newly appointed appropriate staff members
are required to participate in the next available basic training
program. The commission shall further establish requirements for
minimum continuing education for each appropriate staff member in
order to maintain a certification.
(b) All county commissioners are required to participate in a
training program which meets the criteria set by the property
valuation training and procedures commission. The tax commissioner
shall conduct such programs to educate county commissioners in
their duties as a board of equalization and review and to make them
generally familiar with appraisal techniques.