The Kent County Director of Budget and Accounting is designated Chief
Finance Officer and appointed and designated to serve as the Collector of
Taxes for Kent County under the authority of § 4-101 of the Tax-Property
Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland to exercise the powers and duties
of collectors under said Tax-Property Article.
Before taking office the Collector of Taxes shall take the oath required
by Article I, § 9, of the Maryland Constitution and shall execute
to the State of Maryland a bond, the penalty of which shall be as required
by the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland and the Board
of County Commissioners for Kent County, as provided in § 4-102
of the Tax-Property Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
In case of a vacancy by death, resignation, refusal to serve, discharge,
failure to qualify or otherwise of the Collector, the Board of County Commissioner
for Kent County shall appoint a person to serve as Collector of Taxes for
Kent County, and upon such appointment and the qualification of such person
as provided above in this chapter, said person shall succeed to all the powers
and duties vested by law in the Collector until the appointment of a new Chief
Finance Officer for Kent County who, upon qualifying, shall immediately succeed
to the powers and duties of Collector as herein provided.