1. The director shall:

 a. Manage the internal operations of the department and establish guidelines and procedures to promote the orderly and efficient administration of the department.
 b. Employ personnel as necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the department, consistent with chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
 c. Assist the commission in developing state transportation policy and a state transportation plan.
 d. Establish temporary advisory boards of a size the director deems appropriate to advise the department.
 e. Prepare a budget for the department and prepare reports required by law.
 f. Present the department’s proposed budget to the commission prior to December 31 of each year.
 g. Appoint the administrators within the department.
 h. Review and submit legislative proposals necessary to maintain current state transportation laws.
 i. Enter into reciprocal agreements relating to motor vehicle inspections with authorized officials of any other state, subject to approval by the commission. The director may exempt or impose requirements upon nonresident motor vehicles consistent with those imposed upon vehicles of Iowa residents operated in other states.
 j. Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A as the director deems necessary for the administration of the department and the exercise of the director’s and department’s powers and duties.
 k. Reorganize the administration of the department as needed to increase administrative efficiency.
 l. Provide for the receipt or disbursement of federal funds allocated to the state and its political subdivisions for transportation purposes.
 m. Include in the department’s annual budget all estimated federal funds to be received or allocated to the department.
 n. Adopt, after consultation with the department of natural resources and the department of public safety, rules relating to enforcement of the rules regarding transportation of hazardous wastes adopted by the department of natural resources. The department and the division of state patrol of the department of public safety shall carry out the enforcement of the rules.
 o. Prepare and submit a report to the general assembly on or before January 15 of each fiscal year describing the prior fiscal year’s highway construction program, actual expenditures of the program, and contractual obligations of the program.
 p. Apply for, accept, and expend federal, state, or private funds for the improvement of transportation.
 q. Coordinate the transportation research activities within the department.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 307.12

  • Administrator: means the department's administrator for rail and water, or the administrator's designee. See Iowa Code 327F.39
  • Commission: means the state transportation commission established in section 307A. See Iowa Code 307.1
  • Days: means calendar days. See Iowa Code 322G.2
  • Department: means the state department of transportation. See Iowa Code 307.1
  • Director: means the director of transportation or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 307.1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular travel, except in public areas in which the boundary shall be thirty-three feet each side of the center line of the roadway. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident of this state. See Iowa Code 321I.1
  • Program: means an informal dispute settlement procedure established by a manufacturer which mediates and arbitrates motor vehicle warranty disputes arising in this state. See Iowa Code 322G.2
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. If in the interest of the state, the director may allow a subsistence expense to an employee under the supervision of the department’s administrator responsible for highway programs and activities for continuous stay in one location while on duty away from established headquarters and place of domicile for a period not to exceed forty-five days; and allow automobile expenses in accordance with section 8A.363, for moving an employee and the employee’s family from place of present domicile to new domicile, and actual transportation expense for moving of household goods. The household goods for which transportation expense is allowed shall not include pets or animals.
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