§ 8.107. Division of collections created; duties of collections officer.

There shall be in the department of finance a division of collections, which shall consist of the collections officer and such other officers and employees, organized into such units, as may be provided by ordinance or by the director of finance consistent with ordinance. The collections officer shall be appointed for an indefinite term by the mayor, subject to the civil service provision of this Charter, and he or she shall be the head of the division of collections. The collections officer shall have at least five (5) years' experience in which the supervision of financial activities shall have been his or her major responsibility. The collections officer's salary shall be twelve thousand ($12,000) dollars per annum, payable semimonthly. It shall be the duty of the collections officer to collect and receive delinquent real and personal property taxes or tax equivalents and all merchants' ad valorem taxes that have been delinquent for more than six (6) months as well as any interest and penalties thereon. The collections officer shall collect and receive all revenues, income and moneys due the metropolitan government accruing to the urban services district, the general services district, or any other source, except as otherwise provided for by other parts of this Charter, by ordinance, or by the general law.

(Amended by referendum election of November 6, 2018, Amdt. 6)

Editor's note— See Metropolitan Charter § 18.05 for changes in salary and compensation through the general pay plan.