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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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bility, or the succession to the office of
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governor or lieutenant governor, or the exer-
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cise of the powers and duties of a successor
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to the office of governor.
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Section 4.26. Structure of the Executive
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Branch.
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All functions, powers, and duties of the of-
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fices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the
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executive branch shall be allocated according
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to major purposes among and within not
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more than twenty principal departments.
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The maximum number of principal depart-
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ments may be increased by the General As-
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sembly by law enacted by the affirmative vote
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of three-fifths of all members of each house.
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Any agency or commission which is a regula-
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tory, quasi- judicial, or temporary agency es-
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tablished by law may, but need not, be allo-
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cated within a principal department.
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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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