§ 253. Deputy officers

(a) The following named commissioners, directors, and State officials may each appoint a deputy who shall perform such duties as the appointing official shall direct, with the approval of the Governor, remove him or her at pleasure and be responsible for his or her acts: Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, Labor, and Motor Vehicles.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c)(1) The Commissioner of Financial Regulation, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint a Deputy Commissioner of Banking, a Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, a Deputy Commissioner of Captive Insurance, and a Deputy Commissioner of Securities. The Commissioner of Financial Regulation may remove the deputy commissioners at pleasure and shall be responsible for their acts. The functions and duties that relate to banks and banking shall be in the charge of the Deputy Commissioner of Banking; those that relate to the business of insurance shall be in the charge of the Deputy Commissioner of Insurance; those that relate to the business of captive insurance shall be in the charge of the Deputy Commissioner of Captive Insurance; and those that relate to the business of securities shall be in the charge of the Deputy Commissioner of Securities.

(2) In the case of a vacancy in the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, one of the deputies appointed by the Commissioner shall assume and discharge the duties of that Office until the vacancy is filled or the Commissioner returns.

(d) In case a vacancy occurs in the office of any appointing official who by law is authorized to appoint a deputy, or such official is absent, his or her deputy shall assume and discharge the duties of such office until the vacancy is filled or the official returns.

(e)(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, with the approval of the Governor, shall appoint a Deputy Secretary. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets may remove the Deputy Secretary at pleasure, and he or she shall be responsible for the Deputy Secretary’s acts. The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall be so organized that, subject to the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the functions and duties that relate to administration and enforcement shall be in the charge of the Deputy Secretary.

(2) In case a vacancy occurs in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the Deputy Secretary shall assume and discharge the duties of the Secretary until the vacancy is filled or the Secretary returns.

(f) All such appointments shall be in writing and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State. (Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. March 1, 1961; 1965, No. 125, § 14, eff. July 2, 1965; 1966, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), eff. Feb. 23, 1966; 1967, No. 133; 1967, No. 319 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 16, 1974; 1983, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 13, 1984; 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. June 13, 1988; 1989, No. 54, § 1; 1989, No. 54, § 1; 1989, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 23, 25a; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2003, No. 55, § 10a, eff. June 4, 2003; 2009, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 2, 2012; 2015, No. 23, § 140.)