Iowa Code 905.5 – Functions of administrative agents
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1. The county designated under section 905.4, subsection 3, as administrative agent for each district department, or the district department itself, if designated as administrative agent by the district board, shall submit that district department’s budget and supporting information to the Iowa department of corrections in accordance with the provisions of chapter 8. The state department shall incorporate the budgets of each of the district departments into its own budget request, to be processed as prescribed by the uniform budget, accounting and administrative procedures established by the department of management. Funds appropriated pursuant to the budget requests of the respective district departments shall be allocated on a quarterly basis, and the department of management shall authorize advancement of the funds so allocated to each district department’s administrative agent, or to the district department itself if the district department acts as administrative agent, at the beginning of each fiscal quarter.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 905.5
- Administrative agent: means the county selected by the district board to perform accounting, budgeting, personnel, facilities management, insurance, payroll and other supportive services on the behalf of the district board, or the district department itself, if so designated by the district board. See Iowa Code 905.1
- District board: means the board of directors of a judicial district department of correctional services. See Iowa Code 905.1
- District department: means a judicial district department of correctional services, established as required by section 905. See Iowa Code 905.1
- 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
2. For all administrative purposes, all employees of each district department shall be considered employees of the district department.
3. A county designated as the administrative agent shall perform only those administrative functions assigned to it by the district board and shall not perform any activity unless directed to do so by the district board.