<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-157. - Administration.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Enforcement agency.</span>
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               (1)
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               The director of emergency services is hereby designated the public officer to exercise
               by and through his duly appointed agents, the powers described by this article.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Consulting agency.</span>
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               (1)
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               The enforcement officer shall have the authority to request advice and assistance
               from any public authority or agency he deems appropriate in performing his duties.
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               (2)
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               The departments of the county and other public agencies may report in writing to the
               code enforcement officer any rental dwelling or abandoned rental dwelling they may
               encounter which is, may be, or is suspected of being unfit for human habitation dwelling
               or unsafe under the terms of this article.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Administrative liability.</span> Except as may otherwise be provided by statute or local law or ordinance, no officer,
               agent, or employee of the county charged with the enforcement of this article shall
               be personally liable for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result
               of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his duties under this Code. No
               person who institutes or assists in the prosecution of a criminal proceeding under
               this article shall be liable to damages hereunder unless he acted with actual malice
               and without reasonable grounds for believing that the person accused or prosecuted
               was guilty of an unlawful act or omission.
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               (Ord. No. 98-1-6, Â§ 7, 1-20-98)
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