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HB 2139 State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office.
Introduced by: Christopher K. Peace | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
State officers and employees; removal of certain officers from office. Repeals an archaic provision that provides that the Secretary of the Commonwealth, State Treasurer, Comptroller, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services may be removed from office by joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly or, during the recess thereof, may be suspended by the Governor. The repealed statute also provides that this power shall not be exercised by the Governor except for misbehavior, incapacity, neglect of official duty, or acts performed without due authority of law and that in any case in which this power is so exercised by the Governor, he shall fill the office by a temporary appointment and report to the General Assembly, at the beginning of the next session thereof, the fact of such suspension and the cause therefor, whereupon the General Assembly shall determine whether such officer shall be restored or finally removed. This bill is identical to SB 1104.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102720D pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2139ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102720D
- 01/09/13 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/14/13 House: Assigned GL sub: #4 Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
- 01/15/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/13 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/13 House: Read first time
- 01/22/13 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/13 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/24/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/11/13 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/13 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/13 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/13 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/13 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2139ER)
- 02/20/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/06/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)