Terms Used In Iowa Code 904.309

  • department: means the Iowa department of corrections and the Iowa department of human services. See Iowa Code 904.706
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
 The director may secure the services of consultants to furnish advice on administrative, professional, or technical problems to the director or the employees of institutions under the director’s jurisdiction or to provide in-service training and instruction for the employees. The director may pay the consultants from funds appropriated to the department or to any institution under the department’s jurisdiction.