A. Ex Officio License Deputies: The sheriff and all deputy sheriffs, the building inspector, the health inspectors, and the county attorney and his deputies are appointed ex officio license deputies. As their duty demands, they are authorized and empowered to examine all places of business subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter to see that such businesses are carried on in accordance with this chapter and any other applicable ordinance. They are to report immediately to the county clerk the names of any persons doing business without a license, and all instances of the conduct of any business that is outside the scope of the license issued to said persons. (1988 Code § 4.01.070)
B. Board Of License Equalization:
1. County Commissioners Serve As; Authority: The board of county commissioners is hereby constituted as the board of license equalization for the equalization of license rates. The board shall have authority to examine the license fees, to hear complaints of person aggrieved by their license assessments and to make changes in any assessments the board concludes to be illegal, unequal, or unjust. Corrections made by the board shall be entered in detail in the record of the license assessment kept by the county clerk, and the board shall approve in writing said entries before the adjustment of accounts. (1988 Code § 4.04.010)
2. Meetings: The board shall meet at least twice yearly. The first meeting shall be held not earlier than the second Monday in January of each year, and the board shall continue in session from time to time until the business of equalization under this chapter is disposed of, but not later than the second Monday of February of each year. The second meeting shall be held during the month of July of each year, commencing not earlier than July 5, and the board shall continue in session as herein provided until the business of equalization under this chapter is disposed of, but not later than July 31 of the same year. (1988 Code § 4.04.020)
3. Limitation On Complaints: All complaints relative to assessment made subsequent to July 1 and before January 1 of the following year, must be presented to the board within the period of the first meeting of the board or be forever barred; all complaints relating to assessments made subsequent to January 1 and before July 1 must be presented to the board within the period of the second meeting as herein provided or be forever barred. (1988 Code § 4.04.030)
C. County Attorney: It shall be the duty of the county attorney to prepare, bring and prosecute the civil actions contemplated by this chapter upon the commissioner's written request. (1988 Code § 4.16.040)