§ 1530. County real property tax service agency; director. 1.\nSelection and term of office. In each county that does not assess real\nproperty for purposes of taxation, except a county wholly within a city,\nthere shall be a real property tax service agency. The head of such\nagency shall be the director of real property tax services, who shall\nhave a six year term of office commencing on October first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-one and on October first of each sixth year thereafter.\nThe director shall be appointed by the legislative body of the county\nexcept that in a county in which heads of departments are appointed by\nthe county executive or county manager, such director shall be appointed\nby such county executive or county manager. Any resident of the state,\notherwise eligible for appointment as director of real property tax\nservices, may be appointed director of real property tax services.\n 1-a. In the event that a director of real property tax services,\nappointed pursuant to the provisions of this section, is unable to\nperform the duties of the office of director of real property tax\nservices or the office becomes vacant, the appointing authority may by\nresolution designate or appoint an acting director of real property tax\nservices. Where an acting director of real property tax services is\ndesignated or appointed pursuant to this section, the appointing\nauthority shall notify the commissioner within fifteen days of making\nsuch designation or appointment. The acting director of real property\ntax services shall function as director of real property tax services\nuntil such time as the director of real property tax services is able to\nresume the position or until a replacement is appointed. In the event an\nacting director of real property tax services functions as director of\nreal property tax services for more than six months, then such acting\ndirector of real property tax services shall be required to meet the\nminimum qualification standards and to obtain certification as required\nby this title for persons appointed to the office of director of real\nproperty tax services.\n 2. Classification. The position of director of real property tax\nservices shall be classified in the noncompetitive class of the civil\nservice, except where the county legislative body determines the\nposition to be full-time and such body requests that the position be\nclassified in the competitive class.\n 3. Qualifications and training. a. Minimum qualification standards.\nThe director of real property tax services shall be appointed on the\nbasis of his knowledge of principles and methods relating to the\nassessment of real property and his executive and administrative\nexperience. No person shall be eligible for appointment as director\nunless he meets the minimum qualification standards established for such\noffice by the commissioner.\n b. Required training. A person who takes office as director of real\nproperty tax services shall complete the basic course of training\nprescribed by the commissioner within four years after he or she\ncommences his or her term of office. The curriculum of such basic\ntraining course shall include but not be limited to assessment\nadministration; the fundamentals of real property and land appraisal;\nfundamentals of tax mapping; mass appraisal techniques; industrial\nappraisal; exemption administration; tax collection and enforcement; and\nother topics relevant and important to assessing functions; provided,\nhowever, any such person who successfully demonstrates to the\ncommissioner satisfactory competence in the subject matter of the basic\ncourse of training shall not be required to complete the same. Directors\nof real property tax services shall, in addition to the basic course of\ntraining, also complete courses in a continuing training and education\nprogram as shall be prescribed by the commissioner under the provisions\nof this article.\n c. Orientation. Within one month
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