8A.102 - DEPARTMENT CREATED -- DIRECTOR APPOINTED.

        8A.102  DEPARTMENT CREATED -- DIRECTOR APPOINTED.
         1.  The department of administrative services is created.  The
      director of the department shall be appointed by the governor to
      serve at the pleasure of the governor and is subject to confirmation
      by the senate.  If the office becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be
      filled in the same manner as provided for the original appointment.
         2.  The person appointed as director shall be professionally
      qualified by education and have no less than five years' experience
      in the field of management, public or private sector personnel
      administration including the application of merit principles in
      employment, financial management, and policy development and
      implementation.  The appointment shall be made without regard for
      political affiliation.  The director shall not be a member of any
      local, state, or national committee of a political party, an officer
      or member of a committee in any partisan political club or
      organization, or hold or be a candidate for a paid elective public
      office.  The director is subject to the restrictions on political
      activity provided in section 8A.416.  The governor shall set the
      salary of the director within pay grade nine.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2003 Acts, ch 145, §2
         Referred to in § 7E.5
         Confirmation, § 2.32