The director of finance shall also be ex officio city assessor and it shall be his or her duty as such city assessor, in addition to any duty that may be elsewhere prescribed for him or her by this Charter or by ordinance, to make out annually, within such time as may be prescribed by ordinance of the city, either now or hereafter in force, a full, true and correct list of all property, both real and personal, taxable by law, within the limits of said city, with the valuation thereof, and assess the same to the persons by whom it was owned or claimed, or in whose possession or control it was, at 12 o'clock meridian on the first Monday in March next preceding, unless such duty be delegated to the county tax assessor by the city council.
He or she shall perform such other duties as shall be required of him or her by this Charter or by the laws of this state and ordinances not in conflict with such Charter.
Editor's note: This section was amended by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 72, which was approved by the voters of the city at an election held June 7, 1966. This section was further amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.