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In all cases where any action is taken by the building commissioner to enforce the provisions of this Code, whether such action is taken in pursuance of the express provisions of a particular section or in a case where discretionary power is given by this Code to the building commissioner, such acts shall be done in the name of and on behalf of the city, and the building commissioner in so acting for the city shall not render himself or herself liable personally, and he or she is hereby relieved from all personal liability from any damage that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any such act committed in good faith in the discharge of his or her duties, and any suit brought against the building commissioner by reason thereof shall be defended by the corporation counsel until the final termination of the proceedings therein. The building commissioner shall be saved harmless from all costs or fees arising from such legal action.
(Prior code § 41-2; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.6; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 214)