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8A.102 DEPARTMENT CREATED -- DIRECTOR APPOINTED.
1. The department of administrative services is created. The
director of the department shall be appointed by the governor to
serve at the pleasure of the governor and is subject to confirmation
by the senate. If the office becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be
filled in the same manner as provided for the original appointment.
2. The person appointed as director shall be professionally
qualified by education and have no less than five years' experience
in the field of management, public or private sector personnel
administration including the application of merit principles in
employment, financial management, and policy development and
implementation. The appointment shall be made without regard for
political affiliation. The director shall not be a member of any
local, state, or national committee of a political party, an officer
or member of a committee in any partisan political club or
organization, or hold or be a candidate for a paid elective public
office. The director is subject to the restrictions on political
activity provided in section 8A.416. The governor shall set the
salary of the director within pay grade nine. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, §2
Referred to in § 7E.5
Confirmation, § 2.32
