(a) Application deadline. If a county tax assessor-collector
chooses to apply for a recognition level or to apply for a higher
level of recognition under the Performance Quality Recognition Program,
the county tax assessor-collector must submit an application to the
department during any year of the county tax assessor-collector's
term of office. The application must be received by the department
or postmarked no later than October 31st.
(b) Application from a successor county tax assessor-collector.
A successor county tax assessor-collector is not eligible for a recognition
level until after serving as the county tax assessor-collector during
an entire state fiscal year, which is September 1st through August
31st.
(c) Application for a higher level of recognition.
(1) If a county tax assessor-collector obtains a recognition
level and chooses to apply for a higher level of recognition during
the term of the existing recognition level, the county tax assessor-collector
is not eligible to apply for a higher level until after serving as
the county tax assessor-collector during an entire state fiscal year
subsequent to the state fiscal year for which the existing recognition
level was awarded.
(2) If the department demotes a county tax assessor-collector's
recognition level, the county tax assessor-collector is not eligible
to apply for a higher level of recognition until after serving as
the county tax assessor-collector during an entire state fiscal year
subsequent to the state fiscal year during which the existing recognition
level was demoted.
(d) Application for a recognition level after revocation
of recognition level. If the department revokes a county tax assessor-collector's
recognition level, the county tax assessor-collector is not eligible
to apply for a recognition level until after serving as the county
tax assessor-collector during an entire state fiscal year subsequent
to the state fiscal year during which the recognition level was revoked.
(e) Application form. The application must be submitted
on a form prescribed by the department.
(f) Signature on application. The county tax assessor-collector
must sign the application.
(g) Additional information, documentation, or clarification.
At the department's discretion, the department may request additional
information, documentation, or clarification from the county tax assessor-collector
after the department receives an application. The department shall
provide the county tax assessor-collector with a deadline to respond
to the request.
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