124C.2 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER.
124C.2 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER.
1. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may use funds
appropriated or otherwise available to the department for the
following purposes:
a. Administrative services for the identification,
assessment, and cleanup of clandestine laboratory sites.
b. Payments to other government agencies or private
contractors for services consistent with the management and cleanup
of a clandestine laboratory site.
c. Emergency response activities involving clandestine
laboratory sites, including surveillance, entry, security, cleanup,
and disposal.
2. The commissioner may request the assistance of other state,
federal, and local agencies as necessary.
3. The commissioner shall proceed, pursuant to this section, to
collect all costs incurred in cleanup of a clandestine laboratory
site from the person having control over a clandestine laboratory
site.
4. The commissioner shall make all reasonable efforts to recover
the full amount of moneys expended, through litigation or otherwise.
Moneys recovered shall be deposited with the treasurer of state and
credited to the department of public safety. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 141, § 2; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §184
Referred to in § 124C.1