There shall be as an independent agency of the metropolitan government, the office
of county court clerk, the head of which shall be the county court clerk, elected
for a term of four (4) years as provided by the constitution and the general laws
of the state. The county court clerk 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 within his or her annual
budget appropriations. Deputies appointed by him or her as approved in rulings by
chancery court shall have the powers and duties and liabilities of the county court
clerk. All employees of the county court clerk, other than these deputies, shall be
employed in accordance with civil service regulations. Nothing in this Charter is
intended or shall be construed to alter or affect the powers, duties and responsibilities
of the county court clerk as a collector of state privilege licenses or other state
revenues or as the clerk of the probate court or monthly county court. However, all
fees, revenues, incomes, commissions, emoluments and prerequisites of the office of
county court clerk shall accrue to the metropolitan government and shall be deposited
with the metropolitan treasurer daily, except as otherwise provided by ordinance.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing or empowering the county
court clerk to assess or collect such taxes as may be provided for in the division
of tax assessment, division of property tax collections and division of collections
of the department of finance.
(Amended by referendum election of November 6, 2018, Amdt. 6)
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