“I, ____, Auditor of ____ County, swear that I received the assessment roll from the assessor, with his affixed affidavit: that I have corrected it as required by the State Board of Equalization; and that I have reckoned the respective sums due as taxes and have added the columns of valuations and taxes, as required by law.”

If the roll is a machine-prepared roll, the auditor shall deliver

the assessment roll to the assessor and shall deliver the roll on which he has extended taxes to the tax collector, with an affixed affidavit, subscribed by him, as follows:

“I, ____, Auditor of ____ County, swear that the attached roll is a reproduction of the roll prepared by the assessor and corrected by the State Board of Equalization; and that I have reckoned the respective sums due as taxes and have added the columns of valuations and taxes as required by law.”

subscribed by him, as follows:

“I, ____, Auditor of ____ County, swear that the attached roll is a reproduction of the roll prepared by the assessor and corrected by the State Board of Equalization; and that I have reckoned the respective sums due as taxes and have added the columns of valuations and taxes as required by law.”

“I, ____, Auditor of ____ County,

swear that the tax bills herewith submitted to you are the result of extending the roll prepared by the assessor and corrected by the State Board of Equalization and that I have determined the respective sums due as taxes, in the total amount of $____, as required by law.”

The tax collector shall collect all property taxes.

At the time the auditor delivers the local assessment roll to the tax collector, he shall charge the collector with the taxes extended thereon, together with the taxes extended on the board roll.

When property the taxes on which are to be collected by the tax collector is placed on the roll after it has been delivered to the tax collector, the auditor shall immediately compute and enter the tax and other charges and make the necessary changes in his account with the tax collector.

The following taxes on the secured roll are due and payable November 1:

The second half of taxes on real property on the secured roll is due and payable February 1.

The entire tax on real property may be paid when the first installment is due and payable or at any time thereafter until the properties on the current roll become tax defaulted. The second installment may be paid separately only if the first installment has been paid. The tax collector shall accept payment of current year taxes even though prior year delinquencies on the real property may exist. The acceptance of that payment shall not affect the validity of any sale in satisfaction of a lien for defaulted taxes.

Upon authorization of the board of supervisors, the tax collector shall accept payment of the second installment of the tax on real property at a discounted amount, as established annually by the board, if payment is made on or before the date the first installment is due.

The tax collector may fix a date preceding the due date when payments may be made.

On or before November 1 of each year, the tax collector shall publish a notice specifying:

The notice shall be published once a week for two weeks in a newspaper, if there is one published in the county, or, if none, by posting it in three public places in each township.

Annually, on or before November 1, the tax collector shall mail or electronically transmit a county tax bill or a copy thereof for every property on the secured roll. This requirement need not be met where no taxes are due. Failure to receive a tax bill shall not relieve the lien of taxes, nor shall it prevent the imposition of penalties imposed by this code. However, the penalty imposed for delinquent taxes as provided by any section of this code shall be canceled if the assessee or fee owner demonstrates to the tax collector that delinquency is due to the tax

collector’s failure to mail or electronically transmit the tax bill to the address provided on the tax roll or electronic address provided and authorized by the taxpayer to the tax collector. Penalties imposed may be canceled if the board of supervisors, upon recommendation of the tax collector, has authorized the tax collector to establish, and the tax collector has so established, specific procedures for the consideration of penalty cancellations. Those procedures may provide that penalties imposed may be canceled by resolution of the county board of supervisors upon the recommendation of the tax collector if the assessees or fee owners demonstrate to the tax collector that the delinquency is due to the county’s failure to send a notice of taxes to the owner of property acquired after the lien date on the secured roll, provided payment of the amount of taxes due, minus any penalties and costs, is made no later than June 30 of the fiscal year in which the property owner is named as the assessee for taxes

coming due.

With respect to a late, amended, or corrected tax bill, the penalties imposed for delinquent taxes shall be canceled if the tax amount is paid within 30 days following the date that bill is mailed or electronically transmitted.

Under no circumstance shall a taxpayer have fewer than 30 days to pay without penalty.

When the tax collector sends a tax bill to any person respecting property which has been assessed to another and who has the power, pursuant to written or oral authorization, to pay the taxes on behalf of another, the tax collector shall send to the assessee an information copy of the tax bill, except, that the copy shall state plainly that the copy is not a bill and that the original bill has been sent to another person for payment.

A notice shall be printed on all tax bills specifying that if taxes are unpaid, it will be necessary as provided by law to pay:

Any county department, officer, or employee charged by law with the collection of any county tax assessment, penalty or cost, license fees or money owing the county for any reason, that is due and payable, may file a verified application with the board of supervisors for a discharge from accountability for the collection of the tax assessment, penalty or cost, license fees or money owing the county for any reason in accordance

with Sections 25257, 25258, 25259, and 25259.5 of the Government Code.

The application for a discharge of accountability shall include:

The board of supervisors may make an order discharging the department, officer, or employee, from further accountability and direct the county auditor to adjust any charge against said department, officer, or employee, in a like amount.

Any county department, officer or employee may refrain from collecting any tax, assessment, penalty or cost, license fees or money owing to the county where the amount to be collected is twenty dollars ($20) or less. Nothing in this section shall be construed as releasing any person from the payment of any tax, assessment, penalty or cost, license fee or any other money which is due and owing to the county.

of the Government Code, the cash difference fund may be expended, maintained, or replenished by accounting entries into a cash difference account and an overage account maintained in the county automated accounting system. All transfers between the fund and the accounts may be made and retained in electronic data processing equipment and no written report pursuant to Section 29373 of the Government Code, warrant, special warrant, or check warrant need be prepared by the auditor or treasurer. If approved pursuant to Section 29380.1 of the Government Code, replenishment of the cash difference account may be accomplished by the county auditor by a journal entry or electronic funds transfer from the county’s general fund.

account. If the excess amount is not so deposited, it shall be refunded to the person making the payment.