80.17 - GENERAL ALLOCATION OF DUTIES. - Iowa Statutes

80.17 GENERAL ALLOCATION OF DUTIES. 1. In general, the allocation of duties of the department shall be as follows: a. Commissioner's office. b. Division of administrative services. c. Division of criminal investigation. d. Division of state patrol. e. Division of state fire marshal. f. Division of narcotics enforcement. 2. The commissioner may appoint a chief, director, a first and second assistant to the director, and all other supervisory officers in each division. All appointments and promotions shall be made on the basis of seniority and a merit examination. 3. The aforesaid allocation of duties shall not be interpreted to prevent flexibility in interdepartmental operations or to forbid other divisional allocations of duties in the discretion of the commissioner.          Section History: Early Form [SS15, § 147; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 273(4), 1225.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, § 18.2(4), 80.17; C73, § 19B.12(2), 80.17; C75, § 18.12(2), 80.17; C77, 79, 81, § 80.17]          Section History: Recent Form 98 Acts, ch 1074, § 8; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §24; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §12 Referred to in § 99F.1 State fire marshal, chapter 100 Division of criminal investigation, chapter 690