<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 18-2. - Applicability.</div>
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               (a)
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               All rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be binding on all
               county departments and the employees thereof except as specifically exempted herein.
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               (b)
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               The following departments or offices or employees shall be exempted from and excluded
               from the coverage of this chapter: all joint city-county departments which are administered
               by the City of Durham, including without limitation the city-county planning department
               and the city-county inspections department; cooperative extension; elections; mental
               health; public health; register of deeds; sheriff; social services; the county manager;
               the clerk to the board; the county attorney; and the tax administrator.
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               (c)
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               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the departments or offices and the employees thereof
               listed in subsection15.5. (b) [of] this section may utilize some or all of the provisions
               of this chapter by resolution of the board of commissioners or by a memorandum of
               understanding between the board of commissioners and the policy making board or chief
               official of the department or office.
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               (Ord. of 3-25-91, art. I, Â§ 2; Ord. of 8-26-02, Â§ 1)
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