31-5308. COUNTY TREASURER, EX OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. For purposes of this act, the duties of the county treasurer as ex officio public administrator shall be as provided in chapter 1, title 14, Idaho Code; and the duties of the county treasurer as county treasurer and ex officio tax collector shall be as provided in chapters 15 and 21, title 31, Idaho Code, and title 63, Idaho Code, and as otherwise prescribed by law. A county treasurer, ex officio tax collector and public administrator:

(1) Shall continue to be elected to a term of four (4) years and to perform all the duties and responsibilities of the office; or

(2) Shall be elected to a different term of office to be specified in the petition or resolution, but not to exceed four (4) years, and perform all the duties and responsibilities of the office; or

(3) Shall be appointed by the manager with the advice and consent of the board of county commissioners, be supervised by the manager and perform all the duties of the office; or

(4) The office shall be divided into two (2) or three (3) separate offices, with the persons to fill those offices to be elected or appointed in the manner provided in subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section. The petition or resolution shall identify the name, duties and responsibilities of each office; or

(5) The office shall be eliminated as a separate office with the duties and responsibilities of the office to be performed by one (1) or more other elected officers or appointed persons as provided in the petition or resolution. The petition or resolution shall identify those duties of the office for which each other officer or appointee shall be responsible.

History:

[31-5308, added 1996, ch. 283, sec. 4, p. 931.]