441.10 Deputies — examination and appointment — suspension or discharge.

1. Immediately after the appointment of the assessor, and at other times as the conference board directs, one or more deputy assessors may be appointed by the assessor. Each appointment shall be made from either the list of eligible candidates provided by the director of revenue, which shall contain only the names of those persons who achieve a score of seventy percent or greater on the examination administered by the director of revenue, or the list of candidates eligible for appointment as city or county assessor. Examinations for the position of deputy assessor shall be conducted in the same manner as examinations for the position of city or county assessor.

2. The director of revenue shall prescribe by rule deputy assessor preliminary education requirements, including a preliminary course of study, that each individual must successfully complete in order to be eligible to take the deputy assessor examination. The course of study prescribed by the director of revenue may include those subjects covered by the examination and any other subjects or courses the director of revenue deems relevant, including those courses offered and standards established by the international association of assessing officers. Evidence of successful completion of the deputy assessor preliminary education requirements shall be included with the application to take the deputy assessor examination.

3. Following the administration of the examination, the director of revenue shall establish a register containing the names, in alphabetical order, of all individuals who are eligible for appointment as a deputy assessor. The test scores of individuals on the register shall be given to a city or county conference board upon request. All eligible individuals shall remain on the register for a period of two years following the date of certification granted by the director.

4. Incumbent deputy assessors who have served six consecutive years shall be placed on the register of individuals eligible for appointment as deputy assessor. In order to be appointed to the position of deputy assessor, the deputy assessor shall comply with the continuing education requirements. The number of credits required for certification as eligible for appointment as a deputy assessor in a jurisdiction other than where the deputy assessor is currently serving shall be prorated according to the percentage of the deputy assessor’s term which is covered by the continuing education requirements of section 441.8. The credit necessary for certification for appointment is the product of ninety multiplied by the quotient of the number of months served of a deputy assessor’s term covered by the continuing education requirements of section 441.8 divided by seventy-two. If the number of credits necessary for certification for appointment as determined under this subsection results in a partial credit hour, the credit hour shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

5. The assessor may peremptorily suspend or discharge any deputy assessor under the assessor’s direction upon written charges for neglect of duty, disobedience of orders, misconduct, or failure to properly perform the deputy assessor’s duties. Within five days after delivery of written charges to the employee, the deputy assessor may appeal by written notice to the secretary or chairperson of the examining board. The board shall grant the deputy assessor a hearing within fifteen days, and a decision by a majority of the examining board is final. The assessor shall designate one of the deputies as chief deputy, and the assessor shall assign to each deputy the duties, responsibilities, and authority as is proper for the efficient conduct of the assessor’s office.

[C46, §405.8; C50, 54, 58, §405.8, 441.3; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §441.10; 82 Acts, ch 1169, §1]

88 Acts, ch 1228, §2; 89 Acts, ch 296, §60; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §28; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §69; 2017 Acts, ch 151, §6, 30

Referred to in §441.11

Subsection 2 applies beginning January 1, 2018, for the appointment of assessors and deputy assessors that are not reappointments occuring on or after that date; 2017 Acts, ch 151, §30