San Bernardino County Municipal Code Ch. 40 Office of Revenue Recovery

There is hereby created and established an Office of Revenue Recovery of San Bernardino County, as a subordinate Division of the constituent department denominated as the Office of the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector (formerly the Office of Central Collections, Ord. 3662, passed – 1996), to provide credit and collection services for County departments, the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and the San Bernardino County Superior Court. The Office of Revenue Recovery shall be referred to as the Revenue Recovery Division.

(Ord. 4420, passed - -2021)

The Director of Revenue Recovery shall be the elected Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector, and shall be responsible and have authority for the Revenue Recovery Division.

(Ord. 4420, passed - -2021)

The Director of Revenue Recovery shall be responsible for coordinating the administrative activities of, and for establishing and implementing administrative policy and procedures for, the Revenue Recovery Division. The Director of Revenue Recovery will be responsible to provide credit and collection services for County departments, the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and the San Bernardino County Superior Court, as well as accounting and collections distributions of fines, forfeitures and penalties to other governmental entities for the Court-ordered portions collected.

(Ord. 4420, passed - -2021)

(a) The Director of Revenue Recovery shall be the appointing authority over those employees within the Revenue Recovery Division whose appointment is not otherwise provided for by Charter or General Law. The Director of Revenue Recovery shall have the power to delegate in writing this appointing authority.

(b) The Director of Revenue Recovery shall have the power of general administrative supervision and coordination over the operations within the Revenue Recovery Division. The Director of Revenue Recovery may direct such action as he or she deems appropriate to exercise any power or jurisdiction or to assume or discharge any responsibility vested in him or her by this Chapter.

(c) Subject to the general direction of the County Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Revenue Recovery shall be responsible for the preparation and compilation of the annual budget of the Revenue Recovery Division and shall be responsible for its administration after adoption.

(Ord. 4420, passed - -2021)