Section 45-14-82.01 Assessment and collection of motor vehicle taxes.
Section 45-14-82.01
Assessment and collection of motor vehicle taxes.
The probate judge shall perform all duties relating to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles in the county, which have heretofore been performed by the tax assessor and the tax collector. The probate judge shall post a performance bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) payable from county funds. The Tax Assessor and the Tax Collector of Clay County are hereby relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the assessment and collection of taxes of such motor vehicles. The probate judge shall receive the commissions and fees now allowed the assessor and collector for performing these functions, and fees and commissions shall be remitted to the county general fund. Reporting and remitting of such tax shall be made at the same time as other reports and remittances are now made by the probate judge.
(Act 86-486, p. 921, §20.)