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Treasurer; three appointed by the President of the
Senate; and three appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Delegates. Members of the General As-
sembly and officers and employees of the State or
a political subdivision of the State are not eligible
for appointment to the Commission. The
members of the Commission shall elect a member
to be chairman, and the concurrence of at least
five members is required for any formal Commis-
sion action. The terms ol members shall be for 4
years, except that the persons first appointed to
the Commission shall serve from June 1, 1977 un-
til May 31, 1980. The members of the Commis-
sion are eligible for reappointment. Members
shall serve without compensation but shall be re-
imbursed for expenses incurred in carrying out re-
sponsibilities under this section.
(c) Within ten days after the commencement
of the regular session of the General Assembly
in 1978, and within ten days after the com-
mencement of the regular session of the Gener-
al Assembly each fourth year thereafter, the
Commission shall make a written recommenda-
tion to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and other members of the General Assembly
as to the salary of the Governor and Lieuten-
ant Governor.
(d) The recommendation shall be introduced as
a joint resolution in each house of the General
Assembly not later than the fifteenth day of the
session. The General Assembly may amend the
joint resolution to decrease the recommended sal-
aries, but may not amend the joint resolution to
increase the recommended salaries. If the General
Assembly fails to adopt a joint resolution in ac-
cordance with this section within 50 days after its
introduction, the salaries recommended by the
Commission shall apply. If the General Assembly
amends the joint resolution in accordance with
this section, the salaries specified in the joint res-
olution, as amended, shall apply. If the Commis-
sion recommends no salary change, a joint reso-
lution shall not be introduced.
(e) The Commission may not recommend
salaries lower than that received by the incum-
bent Governor at the time the recommendation is
made; and the General Assembly may not amend
the joint resolution to provide for salaries lower
than that received by the incumbent Governor
and Lieutenant Governor.
(f) A change in salary resulting from either
Commission recommendation or amended Joint
resolution under this section shall take effect at
the beginning of the next ensuing term of the
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(g) Commission inaction or failure of the Com-
mission to meet the requirements of this section
with respect to proposing a change in salary for the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall result in
no change in salary.
SEC. 22.^ A Secretary of State shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, who shall continue in
office, unless sooner removed by the Governor, till
the end of the official term of the Governor from
whom he received his appointment, and receive
such annual salary as the General Assembly may
from time to time by law prescribe.
SEC. 23. The Secretary of State shall carefully
keep and preserve a Record of all official acts and
proceedings, which may at all times be inspected
by a committee of either Branch of the Legisla-
ture; and he shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by Law, or as may properly
belong to his office, together with all clerical duty
belonging to the Executive Department.
SEC. 24." The Governor may make changes
in the organization of the Executive Branch of the
State Government, including the establishment or
abolition of departments, offices, agencies, and in-
strumentalities, and the reallocation or
reassignment of functions, powers, and duties
among the departments, offices, agencies, and in-
strumentalities of the Executive Branch. Where
these changes are inconsistent with existing law,
or create new governmental programs they shall
be set forth in executive orders in statutory form
which shall be submitted to the General Assem-
bly within the first ten days of a regular session.
An executive order that has been submitted shall
become effective and have the force of law on the
date designated in the Order unless specifically
disapproved, within fifty days after submission,
by a resolution of disapproval concurred in by a
majority vote of all members of either House of
the General Assembly. No executive order reor-
ganizing the Executive Branch shall abolish any
office established by this Constitution or shall
change the powers and duties delegated to partic-
ular officers or departments by this Constitution.
ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. The Legislature shall consist of
two distinct branches; a Senate, and a House of
^ Thus amended by Chapter 42, Acts of 1954, ratified Novem-
ber 2,1954.
" Added by Chapter 790, Acts of 1969, ratified November 3,
1970.