123.20 - POWERS.
123.20 POWERS.
The administrator, in executing divisional functions, shall have
the following duties and powers:
1. To receive alcoholic liquors on a bailment system for resale
by the division in the manner set forth in this chapter.
2. To rent, lease, or equip any building or any land necessary to
carry out the provisions of this chapter.
3. To lease all plants and lease or buy equipment necessary to
carry out the provisions of this chapter.
4. To appoint clerks, agents, or other employees required for
carrying out the provisions of this chapter; to dismiss employees for
cause; to assign employees to bureaus as created by the administrator
within the division; and to designate their title, duties, and
powers. All employees of the division are subject to chapter 8A,
subchapter IV, unless exempt under section 8A.412.
5. To grant and issue beer permits, special permits, liquor
control licenses, and other licenses; and to suspend or revoke all
such permits and licenses for cause under this chapter.
6. To license, inspect, and control the manufacture of beer,
wine, and alcoholic liquors and regulate the entire beer, wine, and
liquor industry in the state.
7. To accept intoxicating liquors ordered delivered to the
alcoholic beverages division pursuant to chapter 809A, and offer for
sale and deliver the intoxicating liquors to class "E" liquor control
licensees, unless the administrator determines that the intoxicating
liquors may be adulterated or contaminated. If the administrator
determines that the intoxicating liquors may be adulterated or
contaminated, the administrator shall order their destruction. Section History: Early Form
[C35, § 1921-f16; C39, § 1921.016; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
71, § 123.16; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 123.20] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 157, § 1; 85 Acts, ch 90, § 2; 86 Acts, ch 1122, § 6;
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 738; 86 Acts, ch 1246, § 728--730; 87 Acts, ch
115, § 20; 88 Acts, ch 1241, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1133, §40; 2003 Acts, ch
145, §185