Yuba County Municipal Code Art. 1 Qualifications of the County Treasurer/Tax Collector

No person shall be eligible for election or appointment to the office of County Treasurer, County Tax Collector, or County Treasurer-Tax Collector of any County unless that person meets at least one of the following criteria:

(1) The person has served in a senior financial management position in a County, city or other public agency dealing with similar financial responsibilities for a continuous period of not less than three years, including, but not limited to, treasurer-tax collector, auditor, auditor-controller, or the chief deputy or an assistant in those offices.

(2) The person possesses a valid baccalaureate, masters, or doctoral degree from an accredited college or university in any of the following major fields of study: business administration, public administration, economics, finance, accounting, or a related field, with a minimum of 16 college semester units, or their equivalent, in accounting, auditing, or finance.

(3) The person possesses a valid certificate issued by the California State Board of Accounting pursuant to Business and Professions Code Div. 3, Ch. 1 (Business and Professions Code § 5000 et seq.) showing that person to be, and a permit authorizing the person to practice as a certified public accountant.

(4) The person possesses a valid charter issued by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts showing the person to be designated a Chartered Financial Analyst, with a minimum of 16 college semester units, or their equivalent, in accounting, auditing, or finance.

(5) The person posses a valid certificate issued by the Treasury Management Association showing the person to be designated a Certified Cash Manager, with a minimum of 16 college semester units, or their equivalent, in accounting, auditing or finance.

(Prior Code § 2.54.010; Ord. No. 1192)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Government Code § 27000.7.

Any duly elected County Treasurer, County Tax Collector, or County Treasurer-Tax Collector serving in that office on January 1, 1996, may serve for his or her remaining term of office during which period of time the requirements of this Section shall not apply. After the election of a County Treasurer, County Tax Collector, or County Treasurer-Tax Collector to office, that person shall complete a valid continuing course of study as prescribed in this Section, and shall during the person's four-year term of office on or before June 30 of the fourth year, render to the State Controller a certificate indicating that the person has successfully completed a continuing education program consisting of, at a minimum, 48 hours, or 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 willful or negligent failure of any elected County Treasurer, County Tax Collector, or County Treasurer-Tax Collector to comply with these requirements shall be deemed a violation of Government Code § 27000.8.

(Prior Code, § 2.54.020; Ord. No. 1192)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Government Code § 27000.8.

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.