216A.2 - APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND ADMINISTRATORS.
216A.2 APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND
ADMINISTRATORS.
The governor shall appoint a director of the department of human
rights, subject to confirmation by the senate. The department
director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The department
director shall:
1. Establish general operating policies for the department to
provide general uniformity among the divisions while providing for
necessary flexibility.
2. Receive budgets submitted by each commission and reconcile the
budgets among the divisions. The department director shall submit a
budget for the department, subject to the budget requirements
pursuant to chapter 8.
3. Coordinate and supervise personnel services and shared
administrative support services to assure maximum support and
assistance to the divisions.
4. Identify and, with the chief administrative officers of each
division, facilitate the opportunities for consolidation and
efficiencies within the department.
5. In cooperation with the commissions, make recommendations to
the governor regarding the appointment of the administrator of each
division.
6. Serve as an ex officio member of all commissions or councils
within the department.
7. Serve as chairperson of the human rights
administrative-coordinating council.
8. Evaluate each administrator, after receiving recommendations
from the appropriate commissions or councils, and submit a written
report of the completed evaluations to the governor and the
appropriate commissions or councils, annually.
The governor shall appoint the administrators of each of the
divisions subject to confirmation by the senate. Each administrator
shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and is exempt from the
merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV. The governor
shall set the salary of the division administrators within the ranges
set by the general assembly. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1202
C87, § 601K.2
88 Acts, ch 1158, §95; 90 Acts, ch 1180, § 3
C93, § 216A.2
95 Acts, ch 212, §9; 99 Acts, ch 201, §10, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 145,
§205
Referred to in § 216A.15, 216A.56, 216A.77, 216A.114, 216A.134,
216A.158, 216A.167
Confirmation, see § 2.32