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142A.5 DIRECTOR AND ADMINISTRATOR DUTIES.
1. The director shall do all of the following:
a. Establish and maintain the division of tobacco use
prevention and control.
b. Employ a separate division administrator, in accordance
with the requirements of section 142A.4, subsection 15, in a
full-time equivalent position whose sole responsibility and duty
shall be the administration and oversight of the division. The
division administrator shall report to and shall serve at the
pleasure of the director. The administrator shall be exempt from the
merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
c. Coordinate all tobacco use prevention and control programs
and activities under the purview of the department.
d. Receive and review budget recommendations from the
commission. The director shall consider these recommendations in
developing the budget request for the department.
e. Enter into contracts with the alcoholic beverages division
of the department of commerce, to provide enforcement of tobacco laws
and regulations. Such contracts shall require that enforcement
efforts include training of local authorities who issue retailer
permits and education of retailers.
2. The administrator shall do all of the following:
a. Implement the initiative, coordinate the activities of the
commission and the initiative, and coordinate other tobacco use
prevention and control activities as assigned by the director.
b. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of performance
measures.
c. Provide staff and administrative support to the
commission.
d. Administer contracts entered into under this chapter.
e. Coordinate and cooperate with other tobacco use prevention
and control programs within and outside of the state.
f. Coordinate the efforts of the division with tobacco law
enforcement programs funded through the commission.
g. Provide necessary information to the commission to assist
the commission in making its annual report to the joint
appropriations subcommittee pursuant to section 142A.4, subsection
13, and in fulfilling other commission duties pursuant to section
142A.4. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §5, 17; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §190; 2004 Acts, ch
1176, §8, 9
