TITLE 63

REVENUE AND TAXATION

CHAPTER 1

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION

63-102.  Organization — Chairman — Compensation — Quorum — Hearings.  (1) A member of the state tax commission shall be appointed by the governor, to serve at his pleasure, as chairman. Each member of the state tax commission shall devote full time to the performance of duties. Commencing on July 1, 2024, the annual salary for members of the state tax commission shall be one hundred seventeen thousand three hundred ninety-six dollars ($117,396).

(2)  A majority of the state tax commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The state tax commission may delegate to any member of the commission or to its employees the power to make investigations and hold hearings at any place it may deem proper and such other matters as will facilitate the operations of the commission.

(3)  The chairman of the state tax commission shall delegate to each commissioner the responsibility for policy management and oversight of one (1) or more of the taxes collected and activities supervised or administered by the commission. The state tax commission shall perform the duties imposed upon it by law and shall adopt all rules by majority decision. In any case in which the state tax commission sits as an appellate body upon an appeal from a tax decision from one (1) of the various administrative units subject to its supervision, the state tax commissioner charged with responsibility for policy management and oversight of the tax in controversy shall not vote upon the appeal but may advise the remaining members of the commission on the technical aspects of the problems before them.

(4)  The chairman shall be the chief executive officer and administrative head of the state tax commission and shall be responsible for and, with the advice and consent of the state tax commission, may assign responsibility for all personnel, budgetary and/or fiscal matters of the state tax commission. Delegations of authority involving personnel, budgetary and/or fiscal matters shall be reviewed by request, and sustained by an affirmative vote, of the majority of the state tax commission.

History:

[63-102, added 1996, ch. 98, sec. 2, p. 310; am. 1997, ch. 169, sec. 1, p. 483; am. 1998, ch. 358, sec. 3, p. 1122; am. 2000, ch. 359, sec. 2, p. 1196; am. 2001, ch. 279, sec. 1, p. 1009; am. 2004, ch. 281, sec. 2, p. 775; am. 2006, ch. 368, sec. 2, p. 1106; am. 2007, ch. 121, sec. 2, p. 371; am. 2008, ch. 285, sec. 2, p. 807; am. 2012, ch. 224, sec. 2, p. 610; am. 2014, ch. 316, sec. 2, p. 781; am. 2015, ch. 120, sec. 2, p. 306; am. 2016, ch. 247, sec. 2, p. 660; am. 2017, ch. 316, sec. 2, p. 831; am. 2018, ch. 336, sec. 3, p. 767; am. 2019, ch. 309, sec. 3, p. 931; am. 2020, ch. 339, sec. 3, p. 994; am. 2021, ch. 279, sec. 3, p. 834; am. 2022, ch. 224, sec. 1, p. 738; am. 2022, ch. 243, sec. 2, p. 778; am. 2023, ch. 270, sec. 2, p. 812; am. 2024, ch. 245, sec. 2, p. 870.]