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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 904.107, Code 1997, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    904.107  DIRECTOR – APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS.
  1  4    The chief administrative officer for the department is the
  1  5 director.  The director shall be appointed by the governor
  1  6 subject to confirmation by the senate and shall serve at the
  1  7 pleasure of the governor.  The director shall be qualified in
  1  8 reformatory and prison management, knowledgeable in community-
  1  9 based corrections and criminology, and shall possess
  1 10 administrative ability.  The director shall also have
  1 11 experience in the field of criminology and discipline and in
  1 12 the supervision of inmates in corrective penal institutions.
  1 13 The director shall not be selected on the basis of political
  1 14 affiliation, and while employed as the director, shall not be
  1 15 a member of a political committee, participate in a political
  1 16 campaign, be a candidate for a partisan elective office, and
  1 17 shall not contribute to a political campaign fund, except that
  1 18 the director may designate on the checkoff portion of the
  1 19 state or federal income tax return, or both, a party or
  1 20 parties to which a contribution is made pursuant to the
  1 21 checkoff.  The director shall not hold any other office under
  1 22 the laws of the United States or of this or any state or hold
  1 23 any position for profit and shall devote full time to the
  1 24 duties of office.  
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill eliminates the requirement that the director of
  1 27 the department of corrections have experience in the
  1 28 supervision of inmates in corrective penal institutions.  The
  1 29 requirements that the director be qualified in prison
  1 30 management and knowledgeable in community-based corrections
  1 31 and criminology are retained.  
  1 32 LSB 2249SV 77
  1 33 ec/jj/8
     
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