Idaho Code § 39-106
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39-106 DIRECTOR — ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Official statutory text
39-106. Director — Additional powers and duties. The director shall, in addition to all other powers and duties inherent in the position:
(1) Prescribe such policies and procedures as may be necessary for the administration of the department, the conduct and duties of the employees, the orderly and efficient management of department business, and the custody, use and preservation of department records, papers, books and property belonging to the state;
(2) Employ such personnel as may be deemed necessary, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation within the limits provided by the state personnel system law;
(3) Administer oaths for all purposes required in the discharge of his duties;
(4) Prescribe the qualifications of all personnel of the department on a nonpartisan merit basis, in accordance with the Idaho personnel system law, provided, however, that the administrators in charge of any division of the department shall serve at the pleasure of the director; and
(5) Create such units, sections and subdivisions as are or may be necessary for the proper and efficient functioning of the department.
History:
[39-106, added 1972, ch. 347, sec. 6, p. 1017; am. 1974, ch. 23, sec. 50, p. 633; am. 1987, ch. 223, sec. 2, p. 476; am. 1990, ch. 56, sec. 2, p. 129; am. 2000, ch. 59, sec. 1, p. 125; am. 2000, ch. 132, sec. 9, p. 324; am. 2025, ch. 47, sec. 7, p. 227.]
(1) Prescribe such policies and procedures as may be necessary for the administration of the department, the conduct and duties of the employees, the orderly and efficient management of department business, and the custody, use and preservation of department records, papers, books and property belonging to the state;
(2) Employ such personnel as may be deemed necessary, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation within the limits provided by the state personnel system law;
(3) Administer oaths for all purposes required in the discharge of his duties;
(4) Prescribe the qualifications of all personnel of the department on a nonpartisan merit basis, in accordance with the Idaho personnel system law, provided, however, that the administrators in charge of any division of the department shall serve at the pleasure of the director; and
(5) Create such units, sections and subdivisions as are or may be necessary for the proper and efficient functioning of the department.
History:
[39-106, added 1972, ch. 347, sec. 6, p. 1017; am. 1974, ch. 23, sec. 50, p. 633; am. 1987, ch. 223, sec. 2, p. 476; am. 1990, ch. 56, sec. 2, p. 129; am. 2000, ch. 59, sec. 1, p. 125; am. 2000, ch. 132, sec. 9, p. 324; am. 2025, ch. 47, sec. 7, p. 227.]
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