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§ 31.01 DISCRIMINATION POLICY.
   (A)   Explanation. The following explanation is incorporated as a substantive provision of this section.
“The Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County, Maryland (the ‘Board’), governing body of Garrett County, Maryland, a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the State of Maryland, desires to ensure that it, its agencies, departments and employees maintain and adhere to practices which ensure that there exists, within Garrett County Government, no discriminatory practices involving employees or applicants of employment on the basis of political or religious opinion or affiliation, marital status, race, color, creed or national origin or sex or age except when sex or age constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification or the physical or mental handicap of a qualified handicapped individual. The Board further wishes to adopt and implement a policy prohibiting such discrimination, in accordance with Executive Order No. 01.01.1993.16, Code of Fair Practices, Article IX.”
(1986 Code, § 171-1)
   (B)   Discrimination prohibited. The Board, its agencies, departments and employees shall not discriminate or engage in discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of:
      (1)   Political or religious opinion or affiliation, marital status, race, color, creed or national origin;
      (2)   Sex or age, except when sex or age constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification; or
      (3)   The physical or mental handicap of a qualified handicapped individual.
(1986 Code, § 171-2) (Res. 2-27, passed 2-27-1996)
§ 31.02 WORKER’S COMPENSATION.
   (A)   Coverage granted. Members of a volunteer fire company or rescue squad in Garrett County are covered employees while on duty if a volunteer fire company or rescue squad elects to make its members covered employees, and the volunteer fire company or rescue squad that elects to make its members covered employees shall pay and be liable for any premium or costs associated with having their members covered employees.
(1986 Code, § 192-1)
   (B)   Other rights not implied. This section does not convey or imply any rights as a covered employee other than that of providing for a method of securing workers compensation insurance.
(1986 Code, § 192-2)
(Res. 92-7, passed 7-28-1992)
§ 31.03 STATE’S ATTORNEY.
   The State’s Attorney for Garrett County, in the conduct of the duties of his or her office and in any investigations which he or she may make from time to time relative to violations of law, shall have the same power which is now vested in Clerks of the Courts and District Courts of this state to administer oaths and to examine witnesses under oath.
(1986 Code, § 96-1) (P.L.L., 1888, Art. 12, § 217; 1930, § 502; 1957 Code, § 505; 1888, Ch. 471; 1890, Ch. 9, § 217; 1918, Ch. 115, § 217)
SUPERVISOR OF TAX COLLECTION
§ 31.20 ELECTION; TERM.
   The County Commissioners shall appoint a Supervisor of Tax Collection who shall be a person of good repute and fit business capacity to be Supervisor of Tax Collection for the county and who shall execute the required bond or bonds and qualify in the manner hereinafter provided. The Supervisor of Tax Collection shall be an employee of the county under rules and regulations of the classified service of Garrett County.
(1986 Code, § 110-1) (P.L.L., 1888, Art. 12, § 43; 1930, § 97; 1957 Code, § 81; 1888, Ch. 515; 1890, Ch. 566, § 42; 1892, Ch. 520, § 42A; 1927, Ch. 63, § 42A; 1937, Ch. 199, § 97; Am. by Md. H.B. 391, passed 3-6-2001)
§ 31.21 POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Supervisor of Tax Collection shall be the collector of all state and county taxes for whatever purpose levied or to be levied for within the county or that may be placed in his or her hands for collection, and the supervisor of tax collection shall have full power and it shall be his or her bounden duty to receive and collect all state and county taxes levied as aforesaid and so placed in the supervisor’s hands for collection and all moneys which may be due the county, with full power to enforce the payment of the same by sale or otherwise as hereinafter prescribed and to convey to any purchaser by a good and sufficient deed any real or personal property sold by the supervisor for the payment of any state or county taxes, or both, in the manner provided in this chapter.
(1986 Code, § 110-2) (P.L.L., 1930, Art.12, § 98; 1957 Code, § 82; 1890, Ch. 566, § 42B;1892, Ch. 520, § 42B; Am. by Md. H.B. 391, passed 3-6-2001)
§ 31.22 REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
   The Supervisor of Tax Collection shall be subject to dismissal from office at all times by the County Commissioners for inefficiency, any willful neglect of duty or misbehavior in office. The Supervisor of Tax Collection is also subject to discipline or dismissal for a violation of the rules and regulations governing the classified service of Garrett County.
(1986 Code, § 110-3) (P.L.L., 1930, Art. 12, § 99; 1957 Code, § 83; 1890, Ch. 566, § 42C; 1892, Ch. 520, § 42C; Am. by Md. H.B. 391, passed 3-6-2001)
§ 31.23 LOCATION OF OFFICE; BUSINESS HOURS.
   The County Commissioners shall provide and furnish the Supervisor of Tax Collections an office in the Court House Building in the Town of Oakland, which office shall be plainly designated by external signs as the Tax Collection Office, and it shall be the duty of the Supervisor of Tax Collections to keep his or her office open 40 hours each week and to attend therein for the transaction of business, by person or by deputy, on every day of the week, except Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays.
(1986 Code, § 110-5) (P.L.L., 1930, Art. 12, § 101; 1957 Code, § 85; 1890, Ch. 566, § 44; 1918, Ch.114; 1966, Ch. 63, § 85; Am. by Md. H.B. 391, passed 3-6-2001)
§ 31.24 TAX LEVY; DATE TAXES DUE AND PAYABLE; INTEREST RATE FOR OVERDUE TAXES.
   All taxes shall be levied for the fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 and as the first day of January of such year as the date of finality. The County Commissioners shall fix the rate of county taxation for each year on or before June 30. All county taxes shall be due and payable on the first day of July and shall be overdue and in arrears on the first day of the succeeding October, after which interest at the rate of 1% per month shall be barged and collected. The Supervisor of Tax Collection shall charge interest on the tax bills for county purposes regularly in the manner aforesaid and shall note the same upon the Supervisor of Tax Collection books and upon the receipt given for taxes so paid.
(1986 Code, § 110-6) (P.L.L., 1930, Art. 12, § 102; 1957 Code, § 86; 1890, Ch. 566, § 44; 1937, Ch. 199, § 102; 1941, Ch. 75, § 102; 1951, Ch. 123; 1963, Ch. 825, § 15; Am. by Md. H.B. 843, passed 3-24-1998; Am. by Md. H.B. 391, passed 3-6-2001)
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