(a) Any appraiser, mapper, or tax administrator who successfully completes the Department of Revenue Professional Education and Training Program, and is awarded the designation “Alabama Certified Appraiser,” “Alabama Certified Mapper” or “Alabama Certified Tax Administrator” shall be paid the amount of $1,200 annually by the Department of Revenue for his or her professional achievement.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-1-46

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The department shall make such payment to a certified appraiser, mapper, or tax administrator while such individual is in the employment of the county, in the ad valorem tax field. Each individual is limited to payment for one certification. The department shall make the payments from the funds now appropriated under the provisions of Section appropriation to department; establishment of fund to maintain program of equalization; credit against state‘s portion of expenses in county reappraisal; county may be charged pro rata share of expense” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”40″>40-7-70. The payments made to a certified appraiser, mapper, or tax administrator shall be in addition to any other salary or compensation. Any person obtaining and retaining certified designation shall be prima facie qualified for the position designated. To receive this compensation the individual must have been certified for six months prior to October first. The Department of Revenue will provide the rules and regulations to implement payment, during the first quarter of the fiscal year.
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