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Committee approves request to print RS 32294 to change appointment process for several agency directors
Summary
Senator Doug O'Conowitz introduced RS 32294 to make directors of certain state agencies serve at the pleasure of the governor with Senate advice and consent. The committee voted to send the request to print.
Senator Doug O'Conowitz, a senator from Legislative District 3, introduced RS 32294 to the Senate State Affairs Committee. He described the request as "an attempt to bring a handful of agencies in line with the way we handle the rest of them" by changing the appointment process for several agency directors, including the Department of Transportation, Department of Fish and Game, Parks and Recreation, and the Department of Correction. The measure would make the directors appointed by the governor and subject to advice and consent of the Senate for four‑year terms; the Department of Lands director language would add advice and consent every four years.
A motion to send RS 32294 to print was made and seconded; the chair called for the ayes and announced the motion carried. The sponsor asked for the opportunity to provide more detailed discussion at a later time. The committee did not take testimony on the request to print at this hearing.
