99G.10 - AUTHORITY PERSONNEL.
99G.10 AUTHORITY PERSONNEL.
1. All employees of the authority shall be considered public
employees.
2. Subject to the approval of the board, the chief executive
officer shall have the sole power to designate particular employees
as key personnel, but may take advice from the department of
administrative services in making any such designations. All key
personnel shall be exempt from the merit system described in chapter
8A, subchapter IV. The chief executive officer and the board shall
have the sole power to employ, classify, and fix the compensation of
key personnel. All other employees shall be employed, classified,
and compensated in accordance with chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and
chapter 20.
3. The chief executive officer and the board shall have the
exclusive power to determine the number of full-time equivalent
positions, as defined in chapter 8, necessary to carry out the
provisions of this chapter.
4. The chief executive officer shall have the sole responsibility
to assign duties to all authority employees.
5. The authority may establish incentive programs for authority
employees.
6. An employee of the authority shall not have a financial
interest in any vendor doing business or proposing to do business
with the authority. However, an employee may own shares of a mutual
fund which may hold shares of a vendor corporation provided the
employee does not have the ability to influence the investment
functions of the mutual fund.
7. An employee of the authority with decision-making authority
shall not participate in any decision involving a retailer with whom
the employee has a financial interest.
8. A background investigation shall be conducted by the
department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, on
each applicant who has reached the final selection process prior to
employment by the authority. For positions not designated as
sensitive by the board, the investigation may consist of a state
criminal history background check, work history, and financial
review. The board shall identify those sensitive positions of the
authority which require full background investigations, which
positions shall include, at a minimum, any officer of the authority,
and any employee with operational management responsibilities,
security duties, or system maintenance or programming
responsibilities related to the authority's data processing or
network hardware, software, communication, or related systems. In
addition to a work history and financial review, a full background
investigation may include a national criminal history check through
the federal bureau of investigation. The screening of employees
through the federal bureau of investigation shall be conducted by
submission of fingerprints through the state criminal history
repository to the federal bureau of investigation. The results of
background investigations conducted pursuant to this section shall
not be considered public records under chapter 22.
9. A person who has been convicted of a felony or bookmaking or
other form of illegal gambling or of a crime involving moral
turpitude shall not be employed by the authority.
10. The authority shall bond authority employees with access to
authority funds or lottery revenue in such an amount as provided by
the board and may bond other employees as deemed necessary. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, § 286; 2003 Acts, ch 178, §72, 121; 2003 Acts,
ch 179, § 60, 84, 142; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §26