261—1.4 (15) Department structure.
	 1.4(1) General. The department’s organizational structure consists of the director, deputy director, and four divisions.
	 1.4(2) Director. The Iowa department of economic development is administered by a director appointed by the governor, who serves at the pleasure of the governor and is subject to confirmation by the senate. The director is the chief administrative officer of the department and in that capacity administers the programs and services of the department in compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations. The duties of the director are as authorized in Iowa Code section 15.106 and include preparing a budget subject to board approval, establishing an internal administrative structure and employing personnel, reviewing and submitting to the board legislative proposals, recommending rules to the board, reporting to the board on grants and contracts awarded by the department, and other actions to administer and direct the programs of the department.
The administrators of the four divisions and the deputy director report to the director.
	 1.4(3) Deputy director. The deputy director, appointed by the director, directs and administers the department in the director’s absence.
	 1.4(4) Divisions. The director has established the following administrative divisions within the department in order to most efficiently and effectively carry out the department’s responsibilities:
	  1. 	 Administration division;
	  2. 	 Business development division;
	  3. 	 Community development division; and
	  4. 	 Innovation and commercialization division.
	 1.4(5) Attachment for administrative purposes; board support. The Iowa department of economic development provides office space and staff support to the city development board pursuant to Iowa Code sections 368.9 and 15.108(3)“a”(2). The department provides administrative support to the vision Iowa board pursuant to Iowa Code section 15F.104 and the renewable fuel infrastructure board pursuant to Iowa Code section 15G.202.
	 1.4(6) Advisory committees. The director may appoint committees to serve in an advisory capacity to the department that are deemed necessary to accomplish the work of the department. The size of the committee and the terms of committee members will be established by the director. These committees may be dissolved as deemed appropriate by the director, and other committees may from time to time be established for specific purposes.