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Title

03

:
Executive






Chapter

047

:
COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT






Subchapter

002
:
SECRETARY










 

§

2423. Deputy secretary

(a) The

secretary, with the approval of the governor, may appoint a deputy secretary to

serve at his or her pleasure and to perform such duties as the secretary

prescribes. The deputy secretary shall be exempt from the classified service.

The appointment shall be in writing and recorded in the office of the secretary

of state.

(b) The deputy

secretary shall discharge the duties and responsibilities of the secretary in

the secretary's absence. In case a vacancy occurs in the office of the

secretary the deputy shall assume and discharge the duties of the office until

the vacancy is filled. (1969, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(d), eff. Jan. 10, 1971;

amended 1989, No. 67, § 20.)