Account for the Acquisition and Improvement of Technology in the Office of the County Assessor

1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall by ordinance create in the county general fund an account to be designated as the Account for the Acquisition and Improvement of Technology in the Office of the County Assessor. 2. The money in the Account: (a) Must be accounted for separately and not as a part of any other account; and (b) Must not be used to replace or supplant any money available from other sources to acquire technology for and improve technology used in the office of the county assessor. 3. The money in the Account must be used to acquire technology for or improve the technology used in the office of the county assessor or by another entity with operational impact on the office of the county assessor, including, without limitation, the payment of costs associated with acquiring or improving technology for converting and archiving records, purchasing hardware and software, maintaining the technology, training employees in the operation of the technology and contracting for professional services relating to the technology. 4. On or before July 1 of each year, the county assessor shall submit to the board of county commissioners a report of the projected expenditures of the money in the Account for the following fiscal year. Any money remaining in the Account at the end of a fiscal year that has not been committed for expenditure reverts to the county general fund.