251.3 - POWERS AND DUTIES.
251.3 POWERS AND DUTIES.
The administrator shall have the power to:
1. Appoint such personnel as may be necessary for the efficient
discharge of the duties imposed upon the administrator in the
administration of emergency relief, and to make such rules and
regulations as the administrator deems necessary or advisable
covering the administrator's activities and those of the service area
advisory boards created under section 217.43, concerning emergency
relief.
2. Join and cooperate with the government of the United States,
or any of its appropriate agencies or instrumentalities, in any
proper relief activity.
3. Make such reports of budget estimates to the governor and to
the general assembly as are required by law, or are necessary and
proper to obtain appropriations of funds necessary for relief
purposes and for all the purposes of this chapter.
4. Determine the need for funds in the various counties of the
state basing such determination upon the amount of money needed in
the various counties to provide adequate relief, and upon the
counties' financial inability to provide such relief from county
funds. The administrator may administer said funds belonging to the
state within the various counties of the state to supplement local
funds as needed.
5. Make such reports, obtain and furnish such information from
time to time as may be required by the governor, by the general
assembly, or by any other proper office or agency, state or federal,
and make an annual report of its activities. Section History: Early Form
[C39, § 3828.068; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 251.2; C71, 73,
75, 77, 79, 81, § 251.3] Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 54, §6; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 4, §4, 9