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§ A302 BROOME COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § A302
§ A302. Powers and duties.
The County Executive shall have all the powers and duties and shall be subject to all the
obligations and liabilities heretofore or hereafter lawfully granted or imposed by the Charter,
Code or any applicable provision of any act of the State Legislature, local law, ordinance or
resolution of the County Legislature not inconsistent with the Charter or Code.
In addition to any other powers and duties, the County Executive shall have the following
duties and functions:
(A) Be the chief executive officer and administrative head of the County government.
(B) Supervise and direct the internal organization and reorganization of any administrative
unit the head of which he has the power to appoint, which supervision and direction may
include the organization and reorganization of any such administrative unit into divisions,
bureaus, sections or other subordinate parts, and make such assignments of powers and
duties among them as he may consider advisable.
(C) Be the Chief Budget Officer of the County and be responsible for preparation of the
proposed tentative budget and capital program of the County.
(D) Determine and fix real property tax equalization rates among the various taxing districts
of the County for County purposes. On or before the first day of November in each year,
after reviewing the proposed County tax equalization rates submitted to him by the
Commissioner of Finance, and after obtaining such additional information or holding
such hearings thereon as he may deem necessary or advisable, the County Executive
shall file said rates, together with an abstract of evidence upon which the rates are based,
with the County Legislature. The proposed rates shall be subject to confirmation and
revision by the County Legislature, and the County Executive shall have no veto power
over the final determination by the County Legislature. If the County Legislature fails to
act by a majority vote upon these proposed rates by the 20th day of November, the
determination by the County Executive of the tax equalization rates shall be final. The
documentary evidence used in determining the County equalization rates shall be
preserved by the County Executive, and an abstract of the same shall be published with
the County equalization rates in the proceedings of the County Legislature. 3
(E) Appoint and terminate one or more temporary advisory boards or committees of citizens
of the County who shall, without compensation other than such necessary expenses as
may be provided in the budget, advise in the consideration of County administrative
policies and programs.
(F)
File an annual report to the County Legislature required by § C302(H) of Article III of
the Charter; present to the County Legislature, from time to time, pertinent information
concerning the affairs of County government as he may deem necessary, or the County
Legislature by resolution may require; and recommend, from time to time, such measures
in connection with the affairs of County government as he shall deem necessary.
3. Editor's Note: See also Ch. 235, Taxation, Art. I, Tax Equalization Rates.
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