Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 701 - Revenue Department › Title II - Property Tax › Chapter 103 - Examination and Certification of Assessors and Deputy Assessors › Rule 701-103.2 - Examinations

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Examination questions.
Examination questions and answers shall
				not be made available to persons other than employees of the department
				authorized by the director to have access to them. Persons who take the
				examination shall not discuss with anyone the specific questions contained in
				the examination, nor shall they reveal any specific examination question to
				another person. This shall not restrict persons who have taken the examination
				from discussing the general subject matter of the examination.
(2)
Materials and supplies.
All examination materials shall be furnished by the department and must be
				returned to the monitor prior to the applicants' leaving the examination room
				site. During the examination, applicants may be permitted to use their own
				slide rules or electronic calculators as long as their use does not disturb
				other applicants. Applicants shall not be permitted to bring any other
				materials into the examination room, nor shall they be permitted to take any
				materials from the examination room except their own slide rules or electronic
				calculators.
(3)
Personal
				conduct during examination.
To preserve the integrity of the
				examinations and the assessing profession, each person taking an examination
				shall exhibit behavior which is not disruptive to other applicants and no
				person shall cheat or attempt to cheat on an examination in any
				manner.
(4)
Monitors.
The director shall, prior to the examination,
				provide all applicants with a copy of subrules 72.2(1), 72.2(2), and 72.2(3).
				Examination monitors shall have the authority to enforce these rules in
				accordance with subrule 72.2(5).
(5)
Violations.
Any person
				who intentionally violates any of the provisions of subrule 72.2(1), 72.2(2),
				or 72.2(3) shall be subject to the penalties specified in this subrule. If an
				infraction of subrule 72.2(1), 72.2(2), or 72.2(3) occurs and is detected and
				confirmed during the examination, the examination of the person committing the
				infraction shall be confiscated by the monitor and shall not be scored. If the
				infraction is detected and confirmed after the examination of the person
				committing the infraction has been scored, the score resulting from that
				examination shall be reduced to a failing grade and, if necessary, the list of
				candidates eligible for the position of city or county assessor or deputy
				assessor shall be adjusted accordingly.
(6) Reserved.
(7)
Assessor examination
				scores.
The scores of persons who take the assessor or deputy assessor
				examination shall be considered public records pursuant to Iowa Code chapter
				22.
(8) Reserved.
(9)
Length of examination.
The director shall determine the appropriate amount of time in which persons
				may take the examination. Any person who arrives at the examination site after
				the examination has begun shall not be permitted to complete the examination
				after the time scheduled for its completion.
(10)
Retaking examination.
A
				person who takes the examination for the position of city or county assessor
				shall not be eligible to take the examination again for a period of at least 30
				days following the date the examination was taken, subject also to the
				restrictions contained in subrule 72.2(5).
(11)
Frequency of
				examination.
At the discretion of the director, statewide examinations
				for the positions of assessor or deputy assessor may be held more than twice a
				year in Des Moines.
(12)
Make-up examination prohibited.
Special make-up examinations
				shall not be held for persons who applied to take the examination for the
				position of assessor or deputy assessor but who did not for any reason appear
				at the scheduled examination site.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  441.5.