30.5 - COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES.
30.5 COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES.
1. The commission has the powers necessary to carry out the
functions and duties specified in state law and the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-know Act, including the powers to
solicit and accept gifts and grants, and to adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 17A. All federal funds, grants, and gifts shall be deposited
with the treasurer of state and used only for the purposes agreed
upon as conditions for receipt of the funds, grants, or gifts.
2. The commission may enter into agreements pursuant to chapter
28E to accomplish any duty imposed upon the commission by the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act, but the
commission shall not compensate any governmental unit for the
performance of duties pursuant to such an agreement. Funding for
administering the duties of the commission under sections 30.7, 30.8,
and 30.9 shall be included in the budgets of the department of
natural resources and the department of public defense.
3. The commission may request from any state agency or official
the information and assistance necessary to perform the duties of the
commission. All state departments, divisions, agencies, and offices
shall make available upon request information which is requested and
which is not by law confidential. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 204, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2007 Acts, ch 211, §31