Section 5. (a) With regard to subordinate assessors, the board may:
(1) prescribe rules and regulations for their conduct;
(2) determine when precepts shall be issued to them and when they shall make returns to said board.
(b) Subject to the approval of the county commissioners, the board may adopt, amend, alter and rescind rules and regulations for the administration of, and the conduct of business and proceedings for, itself and for auxiliary appeal boards. The rules and regulations may require a witness providing testimony at a hearing relative to any aspect of the value of the real estate which is the subject of the assessment or reassessment appeal to disclose, under oath, whether any compensation paid for the testimony is contingent on the result obtained. The rules and regulations shall be in writing and shall be a public record open to examination, inspection and copying in accordance with the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know Law.
(5 amended April 22, 1997, P.L.70, No.4)
Compiler's Note: The act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212),
referred to as the Right-to-Know Law, referred to in
subsec. (b), was repealed by the act of Feb. 14, 2008
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.