May county commissioners directly assume the duties of a county board of social services?

Under present law, counties with populations exceeding 425,000 may abolish any or all of their local human services boards (including the county board of social services) and permit the board of county commissioners to exercise the powers and duties of the abolished boards.[1] The law that permits this applies to boards that are either (1) appointed by the commissioners, or (2) acting under the commissioners’ authority.

If a board of county commissioners abolishes its board of social services, the county commission would acquire new powers and duties, which are described in question 8.