Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00291 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 291
22 February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1593
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1212 February Session, 2010
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT HEADS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. Section 4-6 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
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3030 Except as otherwise provided by statute, on or before March 1, 1975, and quadrennially thereafter, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of [either house] both houses of the General Assembly, appoint each department head in the manner prescribed by section 4-7 and section 4-8, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor but no longer than four years from the first day of March in the year of his or her appointment, unless reappointed under the provisions of said sections. In the event a department head is not appointed or an incumbent reappointed in the manner prescribed in section 4-8 prior to the first day of March in the year of the appointment, the incumbent may serve beyond that date but not later than the tenth day of March in that year.
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3535 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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3838 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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48+To require the advice and consent of both houses of the General Assembly for the appointment of department heads.
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