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80.17 - GENERAL ALLOCATION OF DUTIES.

        80.17  GENERAL ALLOCATION OF DUTIES.
         1.  In general, the allocation of duties of the department shall
      be as follows:
         a.  Commissioner's office.
         b.  Division of administrative services.
         c.  Division of criminal investigation.
         d.  Division of state patrol.
         e.  Division of state fire marshal.
         f.  Division of narcotics enforcement.
         2.  The commissioner may appoint a chief, director, a first and
      second assistant to the director, and all other supervisory officers
      in each division.  All appointments and promotions shall be made on
      the basis of seniority and a merit examination.
         3.  The aforesaid allocation of duties shall not be interpreted to
      prevent flexibility in interdepartmental operations or to forbid
      other divisional allocations of duties in the discretion of the
      commissioner.
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 147; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 273(4), 1225.21; C46, 50,
      54, 58, 62, 66, 71, § 18.2(4), 80.17; C73, § 19B.12(2), 80.17; C75, §
      18.12(2), 80.17; C77, 79, 81, § 80.17]
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1074, § 8; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 108,
      §24; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §12
         Referred to in § 99F.1
         State fire marshal, chapter 100
         Division of criminal investigation, chapter 690