6. Inspections. The commissioner chief humane agent shall inspect licensed facilities as provided in chapters 723 and 735.

7. Payment of fees. The commissioner chief humane agent may authorize payments to providers of special services to animals when the commissioner chief humane agent determines those services are in the public interest.

8. Copies of law. The commissioner chief humane agent shall seasonably forward to the clerks animal control officers of municipalities copies of this Part.

9. Employees. The commissioner chief humane agent shall employ personnel, subject to the Civil Service Law, as necessary to assist in enforcing this Part and in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the department. The commissioner chief humane agent, in consultation with the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee Council, shall employ, subject to the Civil Service Law, one full-time humane agent agents to assist the commissioner chief humane agent in carrying out the commissioner's chief humane agent's duties and responsibilities. The commissioner chief humane agent may not hire as a state humane agent a person who has been convicted of a criminal violation under Title 17, chapter 42 or has been adjudicated of a civil violation for cruelty to animals under chapter 739.

10. Rules. Pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, the commissioner chief humane agent shall adopt, amend and repeal rules, including emergency rules, necessary for the proper administration, implementation, enforcement and interpretation of any provision of law that the commissioner chief humane agent is charged with administering.

11. Cruelty to animals. The commissioner chief humane agent, in cooperation with animal control officers, shall investigate complaints of cruelty to animals and enforce cruelty-to-animal laws in accordance with chapter 739 and Title 17, chapter 42. The Attorney General and the district attorneys shall assist the commissioner chief humane agent with the commissioner's chief humane agent's enforcement responsibilities.

12. Intermittent agents. The commissioner shall appoint intermittent humane agents as necessary to assist the commissioner in carry out the commissioner's duties and responsibilities. The commissioner shall train and coordinate efforts of intermittent agents. These intermittent agents are