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Committee passes cleanup bill for Department of Labor and Licensing; bill clarifies hiring and delegations
Summary
Senate Bill 439, described as a statutory cleanup following agency reorganization, clarifies that the secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing — not a division director — has authority to hire, fire and delegate in most instances. The committee passed the bill after questions about delegations and hiring authority.
Sen. Missy Irvin introduced Senate Bill 439 as a cleanup measure for the Department of Labor and Licensing following a prior reorganization. Steve Gunthorpe of the Department said the bill reassigns powers and duties to the department secretary or the secretary's designee, corrects conflicting statutory language left over from the earlier transformation, and…
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