(a) The minimum qualification standards for county directors whose term of office begins October 1, 2007 and ends September 30, 2013 are:

1. (1) County Director I (applicable for the counties of Chenango, Cortland, Franklin, Genesee, Hamilton, Lewis, Livingston, Montgomery, Orleans, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Tioga, Washington, Wyoming and Yates):

   1. (i) graduation from high school, or possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma; and five years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in an occupation providing a good knowledge of real property values and the principles, methods and procedures required for the assessment of real property for tax purposes, such as assessor, principal in an appraisal firm, director of a mass appraisal project, administrative position in the office of real property tax services or real property tax agent. As part of the foregoing work experience or in connection with any other work experience candidates must have had at least one year of full-time paid administrative experience involving the responsibility of planning, organizing and directing a work program; or
   2. (ii) graduation from an accredited two-year college and four years of the experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or
   3. (iii) graduation from an accredited four-year college and three years of the experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or

   4. (iv) an equivalent combination of the education and experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, subject to the following:

      1. (a) one year of graduate study may be substituted for one year of the foregoing experience; and
      2. (b) no more than two years of graduate study may be applied as a substitute for the foregoing experience.

2. (2) County Director II (applicable for the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Jefferson, Madison, Ontario, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Steuben, Warren and Wayne):

   1. (i) graduation from high school, or possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma; and six years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in an occupation providing a good knowledge of real property values and the principles, methods and procedures required for the assessment of real property for tax purposes, such as assessor, principal in an appraisal firm, director of a mass appraisal project, administrative position in the office of real property tax services or real property tax agent. As part of the foregoing work experience or in connection with any other work experience candidates must have had at least two years of full-time paid administrative experience involving the responsibility of planning, organizing and directing a work program; or
   2. (ii) graduation from an accredited two-year college and five years of the experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or
   3. (iii) graduation from an accredited four-year college and four years of the experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or

   4. (iv) an equivalent combination of the education and experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, subject to the following:

      1. (a) one year of graduate study may be substituted for one year of the foregoing experience; and
      2. (b) no more than two years of graduate study may be applied as a substitute for the foregoing experience.

3. (3) County Director III (applicable for counties of Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester):

   1. (i) graduation from high school, or possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma; and eight years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in an occupation providing a good knowledge of real property values and the principles, methods and procedures required for the assessment of real property for tax purposes, such as assessor, principal in an appraisal firm, director of a mass appraisal project, administrative position in the office of real property tax services or real property tax agent. As part of the foregoing work experience or in connection with any other work experience candidates must have had at least three years of full-time paid administrative experience involving the responsibility of planning, organizing and directing a work program; or
   2. (ii) graduation from an accredited two-year college and seven years of the experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or
   3. (iii) graduation from an accredited four-year college and six years of the experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; or

   4. (iv) an equivalent combination of the education and experience described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, subject to the following:

      1. (a) one year of graduate study may be substituted for one year of the foregoing experience; and
      2. (b) no more than two years of graduate study may be applied as a substitute for the foregoing experience; and
      3. (c) in no case shall less than four years of experience in an occupation providing a good knowledge of real property values and the principles, methods and procedures required for the assessment of real property tax proposes be acceptable.

(b) The minimum qualification standards for county directors whose term of office begins on or after October 1, 2013 are:

1. (1) graduation from high school, or possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma; and eight years of satisfactory full-time paid experience in an occupation providing a good knowledge of real property values and the principles, methods and procedures required for the assessment of real property for tax purposes, such as assessor, principal in an appraisal firm, director of a mass appraisal project, administrative position in the office of real property tax services or real property tax agent. As part of the foregoing work experience or in connection with any other work experience, candidates must have had at least three years of full-time paid administrative experience involving the responsibility of planning, organizing and directing a work program; or
2. (2) graduation from an accredited two-year college and seven years of the experience described in paragraph (1) of this subdivision; or
3. (3) graduation from an accredited four-year college and six years of the experience described in paragraph (1) of this subdivision; or

4. (4) an equivalent combination of the education and experience described in paragraph (1) of this subdivision, subject to the following:

   1. (i) one year of graduate study may be substituted for one year of the foregoing experience. No more than two years of graduate study may be applied as a substitute for the foregoing experience; and
   2. (ii) in no case shall less than four years of experience in an occupation providing a good knowledge of real property values and the principles, methods and procedures required for the assessment of real property tax purposes be acceptable.