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House Journal: Page 1060: Wednesday, March 27, 1996

 7     Sec. 2.  AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS.
 8   Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
 9   departmental policy or practice, for the fiscal year
10   beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
11   following shall apply to the department of agriculture
12   and land stewardship:
13     1.  Each division director of the department, and
14   not the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's
15   designee, shall be responsible for carrying out
16   functions of that division as required by law
17   including this Act.  Each division director shall be
18   the sole authority within the department for
19   establishing and approving a budget and for
20   authorizing the expenditure of moneys for purposes
21   provided in this Act, including functions described in
22   section 1 of this Act for that director's division,
23   including but not limited to authorizing the payment
24   of salaries, support, and maintenance; the support of
25   full-time equivalent positions; and the filling of
26   full-time equivalent positions.
27     2.  The divisions of the department shall not be
28   reorganized or restructured.  The head of an
29   administrative unit of the department serving at the
30   secretary's pleasure, including each division
31   director, shall not be subject to action by the
32   department, including the secretary of agriculture or
33   the secretary's designee, that affects the employment
34   position or status of the unit's head, unless the
35   action increases the salary or benefits, or increases
36   the powers and duties, of the administrative unit's
37   head.
38     This section shall not affect accounting or payroll
39   requirements, policies, or practices.  This section
40   shall not affect the powers and duties of the
41   department of management, the department of personnel,
42   or affect the provisions of any collective bargaining
43   agreement.
44     Sec. 3.  FARMERS' MARKET COUPON PROGRAM.  There is
45   appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
46   department of agriculture and land stewardship for the
47   fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June
48   30, 1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as
49   is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
50     For salaries, support, maintenance, and

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 1   miscellaneous purposes, to be used by the department
 2   to continue and expand the farmers' market coupon
 3   program by providing federal special supplemental food
 4   program recipients with coupons redeemable at farmers'
 5   markets, and for not more than the following full-time
 6   equivalent positions:

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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