HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Article 88A - Social Services Administration
2.

(b) (1) The State Director shall devote his whole time
to the duties of his office, and shall serve as the
administrative head of the State Administration, responsible
for the appointment, under the provisions of Article 64A of
this Code, of all State Administration personnel. The State
Director is responsible for the organization and
administration of the State Administration and for the
supervision of local departments, and other agencies and
institutions under the supervision of the State
Administration, subject to the rules and regulations
prescribed in accordance with law and to the State and
federal laws governing the administration of social services
and public assistance.

(2) THE STATE DIRECTOR BOARD SHALL IMPLEMENT
PROCEDURES BY WHICH LOCAL BOARDS ARE KEPT CURRENTLY INFORMED
OF STATE AND OTHER LOCAL BOARD ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, AND MEET AT LEAST TWICE EACH YEAR WITH THE
CHAIRMAN OF EACH LOCAL BOARD.

14.

(a) (1) The local department in each county shall
have a board, appointed as hereinafter provided and herein
referred to as the local board. The local board shall be
composed of eight members until June 30, 1968 and of nine
members thereafter. The members shall receive no salary for
their services, but their reasonable expenses incurred in
attending meetings or performing other official duties shall
be paid. Each local board shall select its own chairman on
July 1st of each year.

(2) EACH LOCAL BOARD CHAIRMAN SHALL SERVE AS
LIAISON BETWEEN THE LOCAL BOARD AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION STATE BOARD AND SHALL MEET AT LEAST TWICE
EACH YEAR WITH THE STATE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 20, 1980.

CHAPTER 625
(House Bill 1102)
AN ACT concerning