175.7 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -- STAFF.
175.7 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -- STAFF.
1. The governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, shall
appoint an executive director of the authority, who shall serve at
the pleasure of the governor. The executive director shall be
selected primarily for administrative ability and knowledge in the
field, without regard to political affiliation.
2. The executive director shall not, directly or indirectly,
exert influence to induce any other officers or employees of the
state to adopt a political view, or to favor a political candidate
for office.
3. The executive director shall advise the authority on matters
relating to agricultural land and property and agricultural finance,
and carry out all directives from the authority, and shall hire and
supervise the authority's staff pursuant to its directions and under
the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, except that
principal administrative assistants with responsibilities in
beginning farm loan programs, accounting, mortgage loan processing,
and investment portfolio management are exempt from the merit system.
4. The executive director, as secretary of the authority, shall
be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed with the
authority and of its minute book and seal. The executive director
may cause to be made copies of all minutes and other records and
documents of the authority and give certificates under the seal of
the authority to the effect that the copies are true copies and all
persons dealing with the authority may rely upon the certificates.
Section History: Early Form
[C81, § 175.7] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1236, § 1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 630; 88 Acts, ch 1158,
§ 45; 96 Acts, ch 1029, § 2; 2003 Acts, ch 137, §3; 2003 Acts, ch
145, §203; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §91
Referred to in § 175.8
Confirmation, see §2.32