6-56-406 - Compliance.
6-56-406. Compliance.
(a) Municipalities shall comply with the requirement that they have a certified municipal finance officer (CMFO) in their employ based on the following schedule determined by the gross revenues the municipality derived from all funds, including utilities, during the July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, fiscal year:
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(b) After the compliance date applicable to a municipality has passed and it later becomes necessary for the municipality to hire an individual in a position in which the CMFO designation is required, the individual hired shall either be exempt as provided in § 6-56-405 or shall become certified within two (2) years of the hiring date.
(c) If a municipality is in compliance before the applicable mandatory compliance date in subsection (a) and the CMFO or exempt finance officer leaves employment with the municipality within two (2) years before the applicable mandatory compliance date, leaving the municipality in noncompliance, the municipality shall have two (2) years from the date of the departing finance officer's last day of employment to comply.
[Acts 2007, ch. 576, § 1; 2008, ch. 929, § 1.]