§ 401. Deputies.
1.Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the\nboard of supervisors may authorize any officer of the county paid from\ncounty funds or the head of any department to appoint one or more\ndeputies, who shall perform such duties not inconsistent with law as\nshall be assigned to them by the appointing officer. In the event an\nauthorized officer or department head fails to appoint one or more\ndeputies and the authorized officer or department head is disabled for a\nperiod greater than thirty days, the board of supervisors may appoint\nsuch a deputy who shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the\nprincipal until the disability is removed or until a successor is\nelected or appointed and has qualified.\n 2. If there be but one deputy, he shall possess the
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§ 401. Deputies. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the\nboard of supervisors may authorize any officer of the county paid from\ncounty funds or the head of any department to appoint one or more\ndeputies, who shall perform such duties not inconsistent with law as\nshall be assigned to them by the appointing officer. In the event an\nauthorized officer or department head fails to appoint one or more\ndeputies and the authorized officer or department head is disabled for a\nperiod greater than thirty days, the board of supervisors may appoint\nsuch a deputy who shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the\nprincipal until the disability is removed or until a successor is\nelected or appointed and has qualified.\n 2. If there be but one deputy, he shall possess the powers and perform\nthe duties of his principal during the absence or inability of his\nprincipal to act. If there be more than one deputy, the principal shall\ndesignate in writing and file in the office of the county clerk and of\nthe clerk of the board of supervisors the order in which they are to\nserve during his absence or inability to act.\n 3. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the principal, such\ndeputy, or the deputy so designated, shall possess the powers and\nperform the duties of his principal until the disability is removed, or,\nin case of a vacancy, until a successor is elected or appointed and has\nqualified. If no designation shall have been made and filed, the senior\ndeputy shall act.\n 4. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the principal, the board\nof supervisors may require such deputy to furnish an official\nundertaking in an amount fixed by such board and approved as provided in\nthis chapter, and upon default thereof, said board of supervisors shall\nhave the power to designate another employee in such office or\ndepartment as the acting principal officer, who upon executing and\nfiling such undertaking shall have and exercise the powers and duties of\nthe office until a successor is elected or appointed and has qualified.\n 5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the office of\nundersheriff, or to the office of coroner or to the office of coroner's\nphysician.\n 6. The provisions of this section shall supersede inconsistent\nprovisions of section nine of the public officers law.\n