24-35-102. Executive director - annual report

24-35-102. Executive director - annual report. (1) There is created the office of the executive director of the department of revenue, who is the head of the department. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be subject to section 24-20-109. Whenever any law of this state refers to the director of revenue, such law shall be deemed to refer to the executive director of the department of revenue. The executive director of the department of revenue is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105.

(2) The executive director shall be the chief authority of the state and the adviser of the governor and the general assembly in matters of collection of taxes and the enforcement of the taxing and licensing laws and shall have such powers and duties as are necessary and proper to the carrying out of the functions vested by this title in the department of revenue.

(3) The executive director shall prepare and transmit annually, in the form and manner prescribed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136, a report accounting to the governor for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or directive to the department of revenue or to any subdivisions thereof.

(4) Publications of the department circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued by the executive director in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136.

(5) The executive director shall provide for the printing each year of the financial report summary provided to him by the controller pursuant to section 24-30-207 (2) in the state income tax instruction booklet.