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 state department of human services who is assigned to work in that county and is directed by the director of human services, pursuant to an agreement with the county board, to exercise the functions and duties of general assistance director in that county. The 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
Referred to in §217.30, 331.321
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 252 - SUPPORT OF THE POOR
Section 252.1 - “Poor person” defined.
Section 252.2 - Parents and children liable.
Section 252.3 - Putative father.
Section 252.4 - Who deemed trustee.
Section 252.5 - Remote relatives.
Section 252.6 - Enforcement of liability.
Section 252.7 - Notice — hearing.
Section 252.8 - Scope of order.
Section 252.9 - Judgment — appeal.
Section 252.13 - Recovery by county.
Section 252.14 - Homestead — when liable.
Section 252.15 - Recovery by relative.
Section 252.16 - Settlement — how acquired.
Section 252.17 - Settlement continues.
Section 252.18 - Foreign paupers.
Section 252.22 - Contest between counties — chapter applicable to county public hospitals.
Section 252.23 - Legal settlement disputes.
Section 252.24 - County of residence liable — exception.
Section 252.25 - County general assistance.
Section 252.26 - General assistance director.
Section 252.27 - Form of assistance — condition.
Section 252.33 - Application for assistance.
Section 252.35 - Payment of claims.
Section 252.37 - Appeal to supervisors.