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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-4102" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="41" subtitle_name="Department of Social and Economic Mobility">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Department of Social and Economic Mobility, established as a principal department of the State government.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The head of the Department is the Secretary of Social and Economic Mobility, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary serves at the pleasure of the Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The following units are in the Department:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Office of Minority Business Enterprises;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Office of Social Equity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall employ staff to carry out its duties as provided in the State budget.</text>
  </level>
</section>
