General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6201
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 1854
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INTERIM APPOINTMENT OF DEPARTMENT
HEADS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That section 4-7 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require
2 interim appointments of nominations of department heads by the
3 Governor be submitted to the committee on executive nominations, and
4 (2) authorize said committee to hold a hearing and vote on such
5 nomination during the interim.
Statement of Purpose:
To delegate to the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee
the same power to approve interim appointments of department heads
as the Judiciary Committee has for judges.
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