7E.4 DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH
ORGANIZATION.
In statutory references and administrative usage, the following
terminology and definitions shall be used as guidelines for the
terminology applicable to state governmental structure and
organization to the extent practicable:
1. "Authority" means a body with independent power to issue
and sell bonds.
2. a. "Board" means a policymaking or rulemaking body that
has the power to hear contested cases.
b. "Board" includes a professional licensing board which sets
standards of professional competence and conduct for the profession
or occupation under its supervision, which may prepare and grade the
examinations of prospective new practitioners when authorized by law,
which may issue licenses when authorized by law, which investigates
complaints of alleged unprofessional conduct, and which performs
other functions assigned to it by law.
3. "Commission" means a policymaking body that has rulemaking
powers.
4. "Committee" means a part-time body appointed to study a
specific problem and to recommend a solution or policy alternative
with respect to that problem, and intended to terminate on the
completion of its assignment.
5. "Council" means an advisory body appointed to function on
a continuing basis for the study, and recommendation of solutions and
policy alternatives, of the problems arising in a specified
functional area of state government.
6. "Department" means a principal administrative agency
within the executive branch of state government, but does not include
independent agencies.
7. "Division", "bureau", "section", and "unit"
mean the subunits of a department, whether specifically created by
law or created by the head of the department for the more economic
and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned
to the department.
8. "Head of the department" means the elective officer,
director, commissioner, or other official in charge of a department.
9. "Independent agency" is an administrative unit which,
because of its unique operations, does not fit into the general
pattern of operating departments.
Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 4; 88 Acts, ch 1278, § 21; 2007 Acts, ch 10,
§2, 3
Referred to in § 8A.101, 8F.2, 68B.2, 68B.6, 68B.35
7E.4 DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH
ORGANIZATION.
In statutory references and administrative usage, the following
terminology and definitions shall be used as guidelines for the
terminology applicable to state governmental structure and
organization to the extent practicable:
1. "Authority" means a body with independent power to issue
and sell bonds.
2. a. "Board" means a policymaking or rulemaking body that
has the power to hear contested cases.
b. "Board" includes a professional licensing board which sets
standards of professional competence and conduct for the profession
or occupation under its supervision, which may prepare and grade the
examinations of prospective new practitioners when authorized by law,
which may issue licenses when authorized by law, which investigates
complaints of alleged unprofessional conduct, and which performs
other functions assigned to it by law.
3. "Commission" means a policymaking body that has rulemaking
powers.
4. "Committee" means a part-time body appointed to study a
specific problem and to recommend a solution or policy alternative
with respect to that problem, and intended to terminate on the
completion of its assignment.
5. "Council" means an advisory body appointed to function on
a continuing basis for the study, and recommendation of solutions and
policy alternatives, of the problems arising in a specified
functional area of state government.
6. "Department" means a principal administrative agency
within the executive branch of state government, but does not include
independent agencies.
7. "Division", "bureau", "section", and "unit"
mean the subunits of a department, whether specifically created by
law or created by the head of the department for the more economic
and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned
to the department.
8. "Head of the department" means the elective officer,
director, commissioner, or other official in charge of a department.
9. "Independent agency" is an administrative unit which,
because of its unique operations, does not fit into the general
pattern of operating departments.
Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 4; 88 Acts, ch 1278, § 21; 2007 Acts, ch 10,
§2, 3
Referred to in § 8A.101, 8F.2, 68B.2, 68B.6, 68B.35
7E.4 DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH
ORGANIZATION.
In statutory references and administrative usage, the following
terminology and definitions shall be used as guidelines for the
terminology applicable to state governmental structure and
organization to the extent practicable:
1. "Authority" means a body with independent power to issue
and sell bonds.
2. a. "Board" means a policymaking or rulemaking body that
has the power to hear contested cases.
b. "Board" includes a professional licensing board which sets
standards of professional competence and conduct for the profession
or occupation under its supervision, which may prepare and grade the
examinations of prospective new practitioners when authorized by law,
which may issue licenses when authorized by law, which investigates
complaints of alleged unprofessional conduct, and which performs
other functions assigned to it by law.
3. "Commission" means a policymaking body that has rulemaking
powers.
4. "Committee" means a part-time body appointed to study a
specific problem and to recommend a solution or policy alternative
with respect to that problem, and intended to terminate on the
completion of its assignment.
5. "Council" means an advisory body appointed to function on
a continuing basis for the study, and recommendation of solutions and
policy alternatives, of the problems arising in a specified
functional area of state government.
6. "Department" means a principal administrative agency
within the executive branch of state government, but does not include
independent agencies.
7. "Division", "bureau", "section", and "unit"
mean the subunits of a department, whether specifically created by
law or created by the head of the department for the more economic
and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned
to the department.
8. "Head of the department" means the elective officer,
director, commissioner, or other official in charge of a department.
9. "Independent agency" is an administrative unit which,
because of its unique operations, does not fit into the general
pattern of operating departments.
Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 4; 88 Acts, ch 1278, § 21; 2007 Acts, ch 10,
§2, 3
Referred to in § 8A.101, 8F.2, 68B.2, 68B.6, 68B.35
