Yuba County Municipal Code Ch. 2.43 Office of County Auditor

No person shall hereafter be elected or appointed to the office of County Auditor of the County of Yuba unless:

(1) He or she possesses a valid certificate issued by the California State Board of Accountancy under the provisions of Chapter 1, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code showing him or her to be, and a permit authorizing him or her to practice as, a certified public accountant or as a public accountant; or

(2) He or she possesses a valid certificate or diploma of graduation from a school of accountancy; or

(3) He or she has served as County Auditor or as Deputy County Auditor for a continuous period of not less than three years.

(Prior Code, § 2.43.010; Ord. No. 298)

State Law reference— Qualifications of County Auditor, Government Code § 26945 et seq.

The provisions of Section 2.43.010 hereof shall not apply to any person duly elected or appointed as County Auditor and actually serving as such officer on the effective date of this Chapter, and such person shall be deemed to be eligible to hold and to be re-elected to, said office, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.43.010.

(Prior Code, § 2.43.020; Ord. No. 298)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, provision or portion of this Chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or provisions of this Chapter, or their applicability to distinguishable situations or circumstances. In enacting this Chapter, it is the desire of the Board of Supervisors to validly regulate to the full measure of its legal authority in the public interest, and to that end, the Board of Supervisors declares that it would have adopted this Chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, provision, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions thereof might be declared invalid or unconstitutional in whole or in part, as applied to any particular situation or circumstances, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter are intended to be severable.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Government Code § 23.