"The Clerk," as used in this Chapter, shall mean the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors or his or her designee. The Clerk shall function as both the Clerk and the Administrator of the Assessment Appeals Boards and to any assessment hearing officers. The Clerk shall perform those duties prescribed for the Clerk of the Assessment Appeals Board in Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 1620) of Chapter 1, Part 3, Division 1 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, and shall: (1) appoint, subject to the civil service provisions of the Charter, all employees in the department of the Board of Supervisors who are to perform any duties in connection with the Assessment Appeals Boards' or assessment hearing officers' proceedings; (2) fix the time and place of sessions of the Assessment Appeals Boards' and assessment hearing officers' proceedings; (3) calendar all petitions or applications to be heard by the Assessment Appeals Boards and hearing officers, and notify all parties of the time and place fixed for such hearings; (4) assign applications for reduction to the Assessment Appeals Boards and designate three-member panels to transact the business of the Assessment Appeals Boards as described in Sections 2B.6 and 2B.13 of this Chapter; and (5) designate hearing officers as described in Section 2B.14 of this Chapter.
(Added by Ord. 37-67, App. 1/31/67; amended by Ord. 393-98, App. 12/24/98; Ord. 273-99, File No. 990406, App. 10/27/99)