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4.04 POWERS.
Subdivision 1. Appointments; state seal. The governor shall appoint and when necessary
commission all officers and employees of the state whose selection is not otherwise provided for
by law and, at pleasure, may remove any such appointee whose term of service is not by law
prescribed. The governor shall exercise such powers of appointment, suspension, and removal
in respect of other officials as are conferred by law. Whenever the great seal of the state is lost
or worn out, the governor shall cause the same to be replaced.
Subd. 2. Delegation to lieutenant governor. The governor may delegate to the lieutenant
governor such powers, duties, responsibilities and functions as are prescribed by law to be
performed by the governor, subject to the governor's control, by filing a written order specifying
such delegation with the secretary of state; provided, however, that no power, duty, responsibility
or function imposed upon the governor by the Constitution shall be delegated by such written
order or otherwise.
History: (58) RL s 29; 1971 c 949 s 1; 1986 c 444
Subdivision 1. Appointments; state seal. The governor shall appoint and when necessary
commission all officers and employees of the state whose selection is not otherwise provided for
by law and, at pleasure, may remove any such appointee whose term of service is not by law
prescribed. The governor shall exercise such powers of appointment, suspension, and removal
in respect of other officials as are conferred by law. Whenever the great seal of the state is lost
or worn out, the governor shall cause the same to be replaced.
Subd. 2. Delegation to lieutenant governor. The governor may delegate to the lieutenant
governor such powers, duties, responsibilities and functions as are prescribed by law to be
performed by the governor, subject to the governor's control, by filing a written order specifying
such delegation with the secretary of state; provided, however, that no power, duty, responsibility
or function imposed upon the governor by the Constitution shall be delegated by such written
order or otherwise.
History: (58) RL s 29; 1971 c 949 s 1; 1986 c 444
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