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80.2 - COMMISSIONER -- APPOINTMENT.

        80.2  COMMISSIONER -- APPOINTMENT.
         The chief executive officer of the department of public safety is
      the commissioner of public safety.  The governor shall appoint,
      subject to confirmation by the senate, a commissioner of public
      safety, who shall be a person of high moral character, of good
      standing in the community in which the commissioner lives, of
      recognized executive and administrative capacity, and who shall not
      be selected on the basis of political affiliation.  The commissioner
      of public safety shall devote full time to the duties of this office;
      the commissioner shall not engage in any other trade, business, or
      profession, nor engage in any partisan or political activity.  The
      commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, at an
      annual salary as fixed by the general assembly.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C39, § 1225.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
      81, § 80.2]
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1278, §22
         Confirmation, see § 2.32