§ 26-292. Building commissioner; certificates of compliance; fee.

(a)

The county assessor is hereby made the building commissioner for that part of the county outside of but within the five-mile zone of any municipality within the population classification herein provided for. He shall be building commissioner ex officio and shall perform the duties provided for in this article and by any regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions thereof, without any extra compensation, unless provided by the board of county commissioners and/or joint action of such board and the legislative body of such municipality; provided, however, that by joint agreement of the county and city legislative bodies, to be evidenced by resolutions spread upon their minutes, the building commissioner or inspector of the city may be designated as the building commissioner for the five-mile zone in order to carry out the administrative provisions of this article and of the regulations to be adopted pursuant thereto; and provided further that by joint resolution of the county and city legislative bodies a reasonable fee may be fixed and collected for certificates of compliance with the provisions of the regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article, to be issued by the building commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this article and the regulations to be adopted thereto.

(b)

If the office of county building commissioner is or shall be created in the county under any general or special act of the general assembly of the state, the incumbent of which shall have countywide jurisdiction, such county building commissioner shall have and exercise all the powers and duties and enjoy all the rights and privileges given to the ex officio building commissioner under the provisions of this section.

(c)

The board of county commissioners shall also have the right to designate any officer, official or employee of the county, other than the county assessor, to be ex officio building commissioners under the provisions of this section.

(Code 1992, § 25-333; Priv. Acts 1931, ch. 613, § 9; Priv. Acts 1935, ch. 707, § 1)