Article 3 — Continuing Education

Any duly appointed county officer serving in the capacity of County Treasurer, County Tax Collector, or County Treasurer-Tax Collector shall, beginning in 2000, complete a valid continuing course of study as prescribed in this section, and shall, on or before June 30 of each two-year period, render to the State Controller, a certification indicating that the county officer has successfully completed a continuing education program consisting of, at a minimum, twenty-four (24) hours or an equivalent amount of continuing education units within the discipline of treasury management or public finance, or both offered by a recognized state or national association, institute, or accredited college or university, that provides the requisite educational programs prescribed in this section. The wilful or negligent failure of any county officer serving in the capacity of County Treasurer, County Tax Collector, or County Treasurer-Tax Collector to comply with the requirements of this section shall be deemed a violation of Government Code Section 27000.9.

(§ I, Ord. 98-27, eff. November 10, 1998)