§ 180. Municipal directors of weights and measures. 1. There shall be a county director of weights and measures in each county, except where (a) a county is wholly embraced within a city there shall be a city director of weights and measures, or (b) where two or more counties have entered into an intermunicipal agreement, pursuant to article five-G of the general municipal law, to share the functions, powers, and duties of one director of weights and measures. Any county or city having a population of one million or more may elect to designate its commissioner of consumer affairs as its director of weights and measures. The county of Westchester may elect to designate its commissioner or director of consumer affairs as its director of weights and measures. Subdivision four of this section shall not apply to a commissioner or director of consumer affairs so designated.

2. No city may institute a weights and measures program. Provided, that any city which maintained a weights and measures program on January first, nineteen hundred seventy-six may continue such program under a city director of weights and measures.

a. Any such city may contract with the legislature of the county in which it is located for the county director of weights and measures to perform the duties of and have the same powers within such city as the city director. Such contract shall fix the amount to be paid annually by the city to the county for such services. During the period such contract is in force and effect, the office of city director of weights and measures shall be abolished.

b. The county director shall not have jurisdiction in any city which has a city director of weights and measures, except in the county of Westchester the county director shall have concurrent jurisdiction with city directors of weights and measures in such county.

3. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the governing body of any county or city from assigning to its municipal director powers and duties in addition to the powers and duties prescribed by this article provided such additional powers and duties deal primarily with services designed to aid and protect the consumer and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.

4. The municipal director shall be appointed by the appropriate authority of the municipality in which he resides having the general power of appointment of officers and employees. Where two or more counties have entered into an intermunicipal agreement, pursuant to article five-G of the general municipal law, to share the functions, powers, and duties of one director of weights and measures, such municipal director may reside in any county that is a party to the intermunicipal agreement. He shall be paid a salary determined by the appropriate authority and shall be provided by such authority with the working standards of weights, measures and other equipment as required by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with this article. The position of municipal director shall be in the competitive class of the civil service with respect to all persons appointed on or after the effective date of this act.