232.162  Authority to enter agreements.
  The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children may enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to paragraph “b” of article V of the interstate compact on the placement of children under section 232.158. Any such agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this state or a subdivision or agency of this state shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the director or the director’s designee in the case of the state and the county general assistance director in the case of a subdivision of the state.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.37]
85 Acts, ch 173, §30
CS85, §232.162
92 Acts, ch 1212, §8; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §637
Referred to in §232.166, 232.167
Section amended