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DELEGATE CLARK; Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Well, I would think in most
cases they would require or have the force of law because
the General Assembly has directed that certain functions be
performed by department Head A and now the Executive
order of the government comes along saying these functions
shall be consolidated into Department B.
And in that sense, they have before us a law
because they change the law which the General Assembly has
enacted.
Now, the governor could take an administrative
unit in a department. Department A for example, that
simply was set up admimistratively, there was no law, it
was simply administrative convenience, having an adminis-
trative unit in it. The governor could transfer this
unit or consolidate with another unit without having to go
through this executive order submission through the
Assembly.
That would have the force of law because it
never was in the law anyway.
DELEGATE CLARK: Delegate Gleason, proceed.