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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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Section 4.27. Reorganization of the Execu-
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tive Branch.
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The General Assembly shall prescribe by
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law the functions, powers, and duties of the
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offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the
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executive branch. The General Assembly
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from time to time by law may reallocate of-
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fices, agencies, and instrumentalities among
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principal departments; may increase, modify,
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diminish, and change their functions, powers,
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and duties; and may assign new functions,
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powers, and duties to them. The governor
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may make changes in the organization of the
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executive branch, including the establish-
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ment or abolition of offices, agencies, instru-
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mentalities, and principal departments, and
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in the assignment of functions, powers, and
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duties among the offices, agencies, instrumen-
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talities, and principal departments of the ex-
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ecutive branch. Where these changes require
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the force of law, they shall be set forth in
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executive orders in statutory form and be
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submitted to the General Assembly within
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the first ten days of a regular session. An ex-
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ecutive order shall become effective and have
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the force of law on the date designated in
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the order unless specifically disapproved,
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within fifty days after submission, by a reso-
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lution of disapproval concurred in by a ma-
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jority vote of all members of either house of
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the General Assembly.
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Section 4.28. Heads of Principal Depart-
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ments.
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The head of each principal department of
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the executive branch shall be a single execu-
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tive unless otherwise prescribed by the Gen-
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eral Assembly by law or by the process of ex-
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ecutive reorganization. Any board or commis-
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sion at the head of a principal department
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shall have a chief administrative officer.
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Section 4.29. Appointments by Governor.
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Art. II, sec. 10. He shall nominate, and,
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The governor shall appoint, with the ad-
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by and with the advice and consent of the
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vice and consent of the Senate, each person
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Senate, appoint all civil and military officers
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serving as the head of each principal depart-
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of the State, whose appointment, or election,
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ment and persons to fill vacancies on any
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is not otherwise herein provided for, unless
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board or commission serving as the head of a
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a different mode of appointment be pre-
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principal department, and shall also, with
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scribed by the Law creating the office.
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the advice and consent of the Senate, ap-
point persons to fill vacancies on regulatory
and quasi-judicial agencies. He shall appoint,
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Sec. 13. All civil officers nominated by
the Governor and subject to confirmation
by the Senate, shall be nominated to the
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without the advice and consent of the Sen-
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Senate within thirty days from the com-
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ate, each chief administrative officer serving
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mencement of each regular session of the
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under a board or commission which is the
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Legislature; and their term of office, except
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head of a principal department except the
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in cases otherwise provided for in this
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head or chief administrative officer of an in-
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Constitution, shall commence on the first
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stitution of higher education or of the state
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Monday of May next ensuing their appoint-
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