Sec. 10. (a) Subject to the limitations contained in subsection (b), a county on behalf of the property tax assessment board of appeals may employ and fix the compensation of as many field representatives and hearing examiners as are necessary to promptly and efficiently perform the duties and functions of the board. In the case of a multiple county property tax assessment board of appeals, the counties participating in the multiple county property tax assessment board of appeals shall jointly determine the number and compensation of field representatives and hearing examiners to be employed by each county to promptly and efficiently perform the duties and functions of the multiple county property tax assessment board of appeals. A person employed under this subsection must be a person who is certified in Indiana as a level two or level three assessor-appraiser by the department of local government finance.

     (b) The number and compensation of all persons employed under this section are subject to the appropriations made for that purpose by the county council.

[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-37-8 part.]

Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.12-1992, SEC.27; P.L.6-1997, SEC.96; P.L.90-2002, SEC.216; P.L.219-2007, SEC.73; P.L.207-2016, SEC.19.