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Ordinance No. 3265
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3 AN ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE XX TO CRAFTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION" OF THE
BUTTE COUNTY CODE ESTABLISHING THE QUALIFICATIONS, CONTINUING EDUCATION
4 REQUIREMENTS AND INVESTMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY TREASURER/TAX
COLLECTOR
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6 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as follows:
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8 Section i. Article II is hereby added to the Butte County Code to read
9 as follows:
10 "section 2-164. Article B8. Qualifications of the County
11 Treasurer/Ta8 Collector
12 (a) $ligibility.
13 No person shall be eligible for election or appointment to
14 the office of county treasurer, county tax collector, or
15 county treasurer-tax collector of any county unless that
16 person meets at least one of the following criteria:
17 (1} The person has served in a senior financial
18 management position in a county, city or other public
19 agency dealing with similar financial
20 responsibilities for a continuous period of not less
21 than three years, including, but not limited to,
22 treasurer-tax collector, auditor, auditor-controller,
23 or the chief deputy or the assistant in those
24 offices.
25 (2} The person possesses a valid baccalaureate,
26 masters, or doctoral degree from an accredited
27 college or university in any of the following major
28 fields of study: business administration, public
1 administration, economics, finance, accounting, or a
2 related field, with a minimum of 1G college semester
3 units, or their equivalent, in accounting, auditing
4 or finance.
5 (3) The person possesses a valid certificate issued
6 by the California State Board of Accounting pursuant
7 to Chapter I (commencing with Sections 5000) of
8 Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code,
g showing that person to be, and a permit authorizing
10 the person to practice, as a certified public
11 accountant.
12 {4} The person possesses a valid charter issued by
13 the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts showing
14 the person to be designated a Chartered Financial
15 Analyst, with a minimum of 16 college semester units,
16 or their equivalent, in accounting, auditing, or
17 finance.
18 {5) The person possesses a valid certificate issued
ig by the Treasuring Management Association with a
20 minimum of 16 college semester units, or their
21 equivalent, in accounting, auditing or finance
22 (Government Code Section 27000.7}.
23 Section 2-165. continuing Education.
24 (a) Course of Study.
25 Any duly appointed county officer serving in the capacity
25 of county treasurer, county tax collector, or county
27 treasurer-tax collector shall, beginning in the year 2x00
28 complete a valid continuing course of study as prescribed
1 in this section, and shall, on or before June 30 of each
2 two-year period, render to the State Controller, a
3 certification indicating that the county officer has
4 successfully completed a continuing education program
5 consisting of, at a minimum 24 hours or an equivalent
6 amount of continuing education units within the discipline
7 of treasury management or public finance, or both offered
8 by a recognized state or national association, institute,
9 or accredited college or university, that provides the
10 requisite educational programs prescribed in this section.
11 The willful or negligent failure of any elected county
12 treasurer, tax collection, or county treasurer-tax
13 collector to comply with these requirements shall be
14 deemed a violation of Government Gode Section 27000.9.
15 (b) iaCttmbents.
16 Any duly elected treasurer, county tax collector, or
17 county treasurer-tax collector serving in that office on
18 January 1, 1996, may serve for his or her remaining term
19 of office during which period of time the requirements of
20 this section shall not apply. After the election of a
21 county treasurer, county tax collector or county
22 treasurer-tax collector to office, that person shall
23 complete a valid continuing course of study as prescribed
24 in this section, and shall during the person's four-year
25 term of office on or before June 30 of the fourth year,
26 render to the State Controller a certificate indicating
27 that the person has successfully completed a continuing
28 education program consisting of, at a minimum, 48 hours,
1 ~ or equivalent amount of continuing education units within
2 the discipline of treasury management or public finance or
3 both, offered by a recognized state or national
4 association, institute, or accredited college or
5 university, that provides the requisite educational
6 programs prescribed in this section. The willful or
7 negligent failure of any elected county treasurer, tax
8 collection, or county treasurer-tax collector to comply
9 with these requirements shall be deemed a violation of
10 Government Code Section 27000.8.
11 Section 2-166. Investment Authority.
12 ~a? Delegation.
13 The County treasurer is hereby delegated the authority to
14 invest or reinvest the funds of the county and the funds
15 of other depositors in the county treasury, pursuant to
16 Chapter 4, (commencing with Government Code Section 53600)
17 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5. The county treasurer
18 shall thereafter assume full responsibility for those
19 transactions until the board of supervisors by ordinance,
20 revokes its delegation of authority. (Government Code
21 Section 27000.0)"
22 section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
23 ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional and invalid, such
24 decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
25 ordinance. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have
26 passed this ordinance and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or
27 phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact any one ar more sections,
28 subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
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Section 3. This Ordinance shall be and
it is hereby declared to be in full force and effect from and after thirty
(30) days after the date of its passage, and before the expiration of
f fifteen (15) days after its passage, this Ordinance shall be published
once with the names of the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for
and against it in the Chico Enterprise Record , a newspaper
published in the County of Butte, State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Butte, State of California, on the 14th day of Ma , 199Fi
by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors DaJ.an, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughJ.in.
NOES: None
ABSENT: 5upexvisor Meyer
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST:
IYIC `
ED MCLAUGHLTN, C air of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
JOHN 5. BLACKLOCK
Officer and Cle of the Board
By ~