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COMMITTEE ON THE EXECUTIVE, MILITIA AND CIVIL OFFICERS APPENDIX TO PROCEEDINGS

REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON REVISION&nbspOF THE NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION

(Submitted to the Governor, the Legislature and the People of New Jersey, May 1942)

(EXCERPTS RELATING TO ARTICLES ON EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND ON PUBLIC OFFICERS)

SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION

Article IV&nbspEXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE

    Summary:
  • 1. The Governor shall serve for four years, starting the fifteenth of December after his election.
  • 2. The Governor shall be eligible to hold office for only one term.
  • 3. The heads of all administrative departments, except the Treasurer and the Comptroller, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
  • 4. Unless the Senate confirms or rejects an appointment by the Governor within thirty days, the appointment shall be deemed confirmed.
  • 5. The heads of all administrative departments shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
  • 6. All administrative and executive offices, boards, bureaus, commissions and departments of the State government shall be placed by the Governor within nine administrative departments as follows: Agriculture, Commerce, Education and Civil Service, Labor, Law, Public Works, Social Welfare, State, and Taxation and Finance.
  • 7. The functions, powers and duties of executive and administrative offices and agencies may be reallocated by the Governor within and among the nine civil departments, but the Legislature may veto any executive order of allocation within thirty days after the order is transmitted to both houses.
  • 8. The Governor shall have the right to remove all State officials, except members of the Legislature, officers elected or appointed by the Legislature and judicial officers, for misfeasance or malfeasance in office after a public hearing.
  • 9. Three days shall elapse between the veto of any legislative act and reconsideration by either house of the Legislature. The Governor’s veto of any item in an appropriation bill shall require

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