Iowa § 252.26 - 252.26 General assistance director.
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§ 252.26. 252.26 General assistance director.
The board of supervisors in each county shall appoint or designate a general assistance director for the county, who shall have the powers and duties conferred by this chapter. In counties of one hundred thousand or less population, the county board may designate as general assistance director an employee of the department of health and human services who is assigned to work in that county and directed by the director of health and human services, pursuant to an agreement with the county board, to exercise the functions and duties of general assistance director in that county. The general assistance director shall receive as compensation an amount to be determined by the county board. [C51, §819; R60, §1387; C73, §1361, 1364; C97, S13, §2230, 2233; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5321, 5327; C39, §3828.098, 3828.104; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §252.26, 252.32; C81, §252.26] 83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 123, §102, 209; 92 Acts, ch 1212, §16; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §835 Referred to in §217.30, 331.321 Thu Dec 11 19:14:46 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 252.26 (20, 0)
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