10 LC 18
9269S
The
House Committee on Ways and Means offers the following substitute to SB
118:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 48-5-263 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to qualifications, duties, and compensation of appraisers, so as to prohibit
persons who are serving or have served in the past year as a member of a county
board of tax assessors from serving as an employee of the board; to provide for
applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 48-5-263 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
qualifications, duties, and compensation of appraisers, is amended by revising
subsection (a) as follows:
"(a)
Qualifications.
(1)
The commissioner shall establish, and the state merit system may review, the
qualifications and rate of compensation for each appraiser grade.
(2)
Each appraiser shall, before
his
such
appraiser's employment, obtain a
satisfactory grade, as determined by the commissioner, on an examination
prepared by the commissioner and an institution of higher education in this
state.
(3)
No person who is serving on a county board of tax assessors or who has served on
a county board of tax assessors within the preceding 12 month period shall be
eligible to serve as an employee of that board until the expiration of the 12
month period following such person's service as a member of the board. This
paragraph shall not apply to any person who is an employee of the board or who
is serving on a county board of tax assessors on July 1, 2010, but only for the
remainder of the term to which such person was appointed or elected; provided,
however, that such person shall be eligible to continue to serve as an employee
of the board."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.