South Carolina § 12-45-17 - County tax collector education requirements.
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§ 12-45-17. County tax collector education requirements.
(A) A person serving as the county tax collector shall complete satisfactorily a minimum of six hours of annual continuing education courses that the department establishes or causes to be established. The content, cost, and dates of the courses must be determined by the department.
(B) The department, for reasonable cause, may excuse a person serving as the county tax collector from attending these courses for any year.
(C) The provisions of this section do not apply to a county treasurer who is also the county tax collector and completes satisfactorily the requirements of Section 12-45-15.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 186, SECTION 1, eff June 7, 2012.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-45-17 ("County tax collector education requirements.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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