Chambers County creates a county revenue commissioner office, replaces the tax assessor and tax collector offices, and sets rules for duties, appointments, bond, office support, and pay.
(a) Effective October 1, 1991, upon the approval of a majority of the electors of Chambers County, there is hereby created the office of county revenue commissioner for Chambers County. Such revenue commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1990 and at the general election every six years thereafter, the same as the tax assessor and tax collector are now elected. (b) The offices of tax assessor and tax collector of Chambers County are hereby abolished effective upon the implementation of this section, and the revenue commissioner shall perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or the tax collector of the county, including, but not limited to, the assessment of all real property for taxation, the collection of taxes and distribution of taxes according to law, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning assessments. (c) Subject to the approval of the Chambers County Commission, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a sufficient number of deputies, clerks, and assistants to adequately perform the duties of the office. The acts of the deputies and/or chief clerks shall have the same force and legal effect as if performed by the county revenue commissioner. (d) Before entering upon the duties of office, the county revenue commissioner shall take the oath of office prescribed by Article XVI of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and execute a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the Chambers County Commission, giving as security thereon a bonding company authorized to do business in Alabama. The bond shall be conditioned as other official’s bonds are conditioned and shall be approved by and filed with the judge of probate of Chambers County. The cost of the bond required herein shall be paid out of the general funds of the county on a warrant of the Chambers County Commission, and shall be preferred claim against the county. (e) The Chambers County Commission shall provide the necessary offices for the county revenue commissioner and shall provide all stationery, equipment, and office supplies, not otherwise furnished by law, necessary for the efficient performance of the duties of the office. (f) The county revenue commissioner shall collect and pay into the general fund of the county all fees, percentages, commissions, and other allowances which the tax assessor or the tax collector of the county are now or are hereafter may be by law authorized and directed to charge or collect for the performance of any duty hereby imposed on the county revenue commissioner. As compensation for the performance of the duties of the office, the county revenue commissioner shall receive an annual salary equal to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) more than what the salary would be for either the tax assessor or tax collector. In the event one of the persons holding the office of tax assessor or tax collector becomes the revenue commissioner, the annual salary for the revenue commissioner shall be an amount equal to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) more than what the official had been receiving in salary as tax assessor or tax collector at the time of the enactment of this section. The salary of the county revenue commissioner shall be payable in equal installments, as are the salaries of other county employees. (g) The purpose of this section is to promote the public convenience in Chambers County by consolidation of the offices of tax assessor and tax collector into one county office.