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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="2-111" title_number="2" title_name="Secretary of Commerce" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Office of the Secretary">
  <text>The Secretary may not remove an appointee to a particular office in the Department without first obtaining the Governor’s approval if the law provides that:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the Secretary is required to make the appointment with the consent of the Governor; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the appointee:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>serves at the pleasure of the Secretary; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>may be removed by the Secretary with or without cause.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
