Section 50IAC26-18-5. Initial local certification of county installation

   (a) Property tax management system subject to certification under section 1 of this rule must be certified under this section. After the installation of the system certified under section 4 of this rule, a county shall engage an independent, private, or public entity approved by the department to validate that the installed property tax management system complies with the standards and requirements of this article.

  (b) Once the independent entity finds that the installed property tax management system meets the standards and requirements of this article, the county shall notify the department in writing that the installed system is in compliance. The department shall then declare the computer system as locally certified for the county where it was independently validated. (Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-18-5; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA)