Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 28, line 7, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION to read:
/ SECTION __. Section 57-1-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 57-1-410. (A) The commission shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Secretary of Transportation who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. A person appointed to this position shall possess practical and successful business and executive ability and be knowledgeable in the field of transportation. The Secretary of Transportation shall receive such compensation as may be established under the provisions of Section 8-11-160 and for which funds have been authorized in the general appropriations act.
(B) The commission may not remove the secretary without the consent of the Governor. In the event that the Governor does not consent to the removal, the commission may not appoint another candidate to the position." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.