§ 303. Enforcement. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall be\nenforced within each municipality by a person or department charged with\nsuch duty as provided in this section, provided, however, that in the\ncase of a town such person or department shall have power and\njurisdiction concerning such enforcement only with respect to such part\nof the town as is outside the limits of any village or city. Whenever in\nany city or village there is a person or department enforcing any\nbuilding code, or in any town there is a person or department enforcing\nany building code with respect to the whole or the portion thereof\noutside the limits of any village or city, the provisions of this\nchapter shall be enforced by such person or department in such city or\nvillage, or in such town or portion thereof, respectively. If there be\nno such person or department in and for a city or village, or in a town\nfor the whole or the portion thereof outside the limits of any city or\nvillage, the chief executive officer or, if there be none, the chief\nadministrative body or board of the city, village, or town,\nrespectively, shall have the power to and shall organize a department or\nshall designate or employ a person or department for the enforcement of\nthis chapter in such city or village, or in such town or portion\nthereof, respectively, and the provisions of this chapter shall be\nenforced therein by the department so organized or the person or\ndepartment so designated or employed. The person so designated or\nemployed to enforce this chapter in a city or village or in a town or\nportion thereof, or in two or more of them acting jointly, as\nhereinafter provided, need not be an elector of the city, village or\ntown, or of any of them, as the case may be, in or for which he is so\ndesignated or employed. A person assigned as a fire department inspector\npursuant to subdivision four of this section shall not by virtue of such\nassignment be disqualified from holding the office of enforcement\nofficer.\n 2. One such person or department may be designated or employed by two\nor more cities, villages or towns, acting jointly, for the enforcement\nof this chapter in such cities or villages, or in such towns or portions\nthereof, respectively, and such cities, villages and towns may make and\nperform agreements in connection therewith. Where two or more\nmunicipalities are so jointly acting, provision shall be made by each\nmunicipality for the appropriation, custody, audit, approval and payment\nof funds sufficient to defray the expense of operation of such person or\ndepartment, including salaries, in such municipality or municipalities\nor portion or portions thereof. Any joint agreement made as provided in\nthis section shall include provisions for the proportionate cost of the\nexpense of operation of such person or department, including salaries,\nto be borne by each municipality or portion thereof and the manner of\nemployment of personnel and may provide that a fiscal officer of one\nsuch municipality shall be the custodian of the moneys made available\nfor expenditure for the purposes of such enforcement by all such\nmunicipalities or portions thereof and that such fiscal officer may make\npayments therefrom upon audit of the appropriate auditing body or\nofficer of his municipality. In providing for the enforcement of this\nchapter in any municipality or portion thereof, a municipality may also\ncontract with another municipality to enforce this chapter within such\nmunicipality or portion thereof as required by this chapter, under such\nterms and conditions as may be stated in such contract, and any amount\nagreed to be paid under such contract shall be a charge upon the\nmunicipality or portion thereof for which such enforcement is provided\nand shall be paid in the same manner as other charges of the\nmunicipality.\n 3. The person or department charged with the duty of enforcing the\nprovisions of this chapter in a municipalit
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