§ 8.114. Compensation, surety bond, oath of office and assistants of tax assessor.

The metropolitan tax assessor's salary shall be fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), per annum, payable semimonthly. This salary may not be changed during the four (4) years for which the tax assessor is elected.

The metropolitan tax assessor shall give surety bond as provided by Tennessee Code Annotated, section 67-1-505, in the case of county tax assessors, the same to be approved by the mayor. He or she shall take an oath of office as provided by Tennessee Code Annotated, section 67-1-507, for county tax assessors, the same to be filed in the office of the metropolitan clerk.

The metropolitan tax assessor shall be furnished with such deputies, office personnel, material and supplies as he or she may need for the proper functioning of his or her office and as may be provided by ordinance and by his or her annual budget appropriations. Deputies appointed by him or her shall have the powers and duties and liabilities of the tax assessor. All employees of the assessor other than these deputies shall be employed in accordance with civil service regulations.

(Res. No. 88-526, §§ 7, 8, 10-4-88; 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.