(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall be employed by a municipality to perform appraisals of real property for the purpose of property taxation unless approved by the Director of Property Valuation and Review as qualified under this section.

(b) The Director shall establish by rule reasonable qualifications for approval which shall include successful completion of educational and training courses approved by the Director, and, in the case of an appraiser hired to do a townwide reappraisal, at least one year's experience with an appraiser who has satisfactorily completed townwide reappraisals.

(c) This section shall not apply to elected or appointed officials of any town. (Added 1985, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 101; 1989, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 15, 1996.)