(a) The executive director or the executive director's
designee has sole authority to:
(1) determine access to RTS;
(2) determine that information exists to support a
reasonable suspicion that the individual or entity is committing fraud,
waste, or abuse related to RTS; and
(3) suspend or deny the individual's or entity's access
to RTS, based on the criteria in §217.76 of this title (relating
to Criteria for Suspension or Denial of Access to RTS).
(b) A county tax assessor-collector may request the
executive director or the executive director's designee immediately
suspend a county employee's or full service deputy's access to RTS
based on the criteria in §217.76 of this title.
(c) The department shall inform the county tax assessor-collector
before taking action to suspend or deny the individual's or entity's
access to RTS under subsection (a) of this section, unless:
(1) the action is as a result of a court order;
(2) time is of the essence;
(3) revealing this action would detrimentally interfere
with or compromise an active investigation by the department or an
enforcement agency of this state or the federal government; or
(4) the action is based on the county tax collector-assessor's
request in subsection (b) of this section.
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