On and after the termination of the services of any county license inspector now in office in any county in which this part applies, the commissioner of licenses shall perform all duties required by law of a county license inspector and no county license inspector shall be appointed as authorized in Section 40-12-10. The commissioner of licenses, his or her deputy commissioner and such other assistants as are duly authorized by him or her shall have authority and execute all citations, writs and other processes that a county license inspector is authorized to execute. All the duties imposed upon a county license inspector as authorized by Section 40-12-10 shall be performed by the commissioner of licenses or his or her authorized agents. While performing the duties of a county license inspector required by this part the commissioner of licenses shall be entitled to receive all the fees, citations, costs, penalties, commissions, and other charges now or hereafter authorized by law to be collected by a county license inspector, and he or she shall also be entitled to receive the 15 percent penalty now required to be paid by delinquents on taking out licenses, and any other penalties that may hereafter be imposed upon the delinquent license taxpayers and all such monies collected shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
Last modified: May 3, 2021