Door Anoniem:
Ondanks de titel "auditor" is het dus een boekhouder die controleert of betalingsverzoeken wel aan de eisen voldoen voor hij/zij die uitvoert, maar geen auditor, dat is de Auditor of State.
Je had dus wel gelijk met "zeg maar een penningmeester". De "common misconception" die ze in de geciteerde tekst rechtzetten hebben ze in Ohio zo te zien zelf veroorzaakt door een misleidende naam aan de functie te geven.
En meer. Ook een soort van kadaster functie.
Ik denk dat titel wat misleidend is. De auditor zelf is een 'elected official' .
En ik kon ook niet precies opmaken uit de berichten of het die _persoon_ is die aansprakelijk gesteld is, of "the office of the auditor" .
Ik denk eigenlijk het laatste .
Een township (dorp/dorps-deel) stelt een County-orgaan aansprakelijk .
US - natie, federatie van Staten.
US State - meestal onderverdeeld in Counties .
County - onderverdeeld in towns/townships , meestal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_StatesOmschrijving van functies:
B. Auditor - ORC Chapter 319
The county auditor is the only elected official, aside from the one commissioner, that is
elected in the gubernatorial election year. All other county elected officials are elected in
the presidential election year. If the commissioners do not appoint a clerk, the auditor is,
by statute, the clerk of the board of county commissioners.
The auditor is the chief fiscal officer of the county. As the county's chief fiscal officer, the
auditor has the responsibility to keep the official record of all county government receipts
and disbursements. The auditor is a very important office from the perspective of county
commissioners because it is the responsibility of the office to certify to the commissioners
an estimate of available revenue that they may appropriate for county agencies and
departments. When the county makes a purchase or enters into a contract, the auditor
must certify that funds are available or in the process of collection from the appropriate
account. This assures that no agency spends more than the commissioners appropriate
for various purposes. In addition, the auditor issues warrants to pay county bills, and
serves as the "paymaster" for all county employees. The auditor prepares a detailed
annual report of all revenue and expenditures by fund under rules of the state auditor.
Another major responsibility of the auditor relates to the administration of Ohio's property
tax law. As the appraiser of real property, the auditor must assure that every parcel of land
and buildings and improvements are fairly and uniformly appraised and then assessed for
tax purposes. The auditor directs a general reappraisal of real property every six years
with an update being performed during the third year after the reappraisal.
In administering Ohio's real property tax law, the auditor must maintain accurate records
of real property including the transfer of deeds, new construction, new parcels and lot
splits, oil and gas wells, homestead exemptions, and special assessments.
Every year the auditor prepares an abstract of real property, an abstract of property exempt
from taxation, an abstract of current agricultural use (CAUV) property, an abstract of tax
rates, and the general tax list and duplicate. After taxes are collected by the county
treasurer, the auditor distributes taxes and special assessments to various political
subdivisions and county agencies or boards. The auditor also certifies a list and duplicate
of delinquent taxes and must publish the list. The treasurer then pursues these
delinquencies.
The auditor also has a variety of other significant responsibilities including:
a. To distribute funds to various political subdivisions. This includes distributions of
motor vehicle license taxes, gasoline taxes, estate taxes, fines, personal property
taxes, and state local government fund monies to counties, townships,
municipalities, libraries and certain park districts.
b. To serve as an agent for the state Tax Commissioner for administering Ohio's
tangible personal property tax law.
c. To administer Ohio's manufactured home law by assessing manufactured homes,
preparing a tax duplicate, and distributing manufactured home taxes in the same
manner as real property taxes.
d. To serve as an agent for the state Tax Commissioner to process estate tax
returns of decedents who had residence in the county, including the inventory of
safe deposit boxes. The auditor then distributes monies collected from the estate
tax to the state and township or municipality of the decedent.
e. To serve as the sealer of weights and measures by inspecting such devices as
scales and gas pumps to protect the consuming public.
f. To issue various licenses including licenses for dogs and kennels, vendors
licenses, and cigarette licenses.
Finally, the auditor serves critical functions on certain county boards and commissions.
The auditor is the secretary of both the county budget commission and the board of
revision, and is the chief administrator of the automatic data processing board if the county
commissioners have established one. He or she also serves on the board of trustees of
the county sinking fund. The functions of these boards are detailed in other chapters of this
handbook.