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52:27D-126.1.  Fire prevention subcode officials;  appointment; qualifications;  removal
    a.  In any municipality the body or official, or the successor of said body  or official, which appointed the persons serving as fire prevention officials  on the effective date of the  "State Uniform Construction Code Act,"  P.L.1975,  c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) shall appoint the person to serve in each  position for a fire prevention subcode official which a municipality creates;   provided that any person who has served in the same municipality for at least  6 months as a fire inspection officer on the effective date of the  "State  Uniform Construction Code Act,"  P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) shall  be deemed to qualify as a fire prevention subcode official.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of this section, any fire prevention subcode official is subject  to any qualification requirements established by the commissioner pursuant to  section 8 of the  "State Uniform Construction Code Act,"  P.L.1975, c. 217.

    b.  Whenever a municipality creates full-time or part-time fire prevention subcode official positions, it shall order the body or official or successor or  designee of said body or official which appointed the persons serving as fire  prevention officials in the municipality on the effective date of the "State  Uniform Construction Code Act,"  P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.) to  appoint the necessary number of full-time or part-time fire prevention subcode  officials pursuant to subsection 1 a. of this act.  Except as provided in  subsections a., b., and d. of this section, fire prevention subcode officials  are subject to the administration and enforcement jurisdiction of municipal  construction officials provided under the State Uniform Construction Code,  P.L.1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.).

    c.  Notwithstanding any experience requirements in section 8 of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act,"  P.L.1975, c. 217, a fire prevention subcode official appointed pursuant to said section and to this act shall have had at least 3 years experience as a fire prevention or firefighting official.

    d.  A fire prevention subcode official may be removed from office by the body or official or the successor or designee of said body or official which appointed such official.

     L.1975, c. 317, s. 1.