Title 48, Chapter 5, Section 156
( 48-5-156)
The surety on the bond of the tax collector or tax commissioner
shall also have the right to report the failure to account for the
default alleged by the commissioner or the county governing
authority to the Governor and to demand a release from future
liability on the bond of the tax collector or tax commissioner. The
Governor, upon such demand, shall order the tax collector or tax
commissioner to make a new bond or bonds within a time to be set,
not exceeding 30 days. Upon the tax collector's or tax
commissioner's default in so doing, the Governor shall declare the
officer removed and the office vacant. Upon the office being
declared vacant or upon the new bond being given, the moving surety
shall be discharged from all future liability. Unless the Governor
requires that the sureties on the new bond shall assume concurrent
liability with the sureties on the old bond, the sureties on the new
bond shall be liable only for future defaults and the sureties on
the old for the preexisting defaults. |