Table 4.14 LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS: POWERS and DUTIES
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS Table 4.14 LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS: POWERS AND DUTIES Member of Serves as Authority for governor’s acting governor State or other Presides Appoints Breaks governor to cabinet or when governor Other jurisdiction over Senate committees roll-call ties Assigns bills assign duties advisory body out of state duties (a) Alabama....................... + + + + . +(b) . Alaska........................... + + . (c) Arizona......................... .......................................................................................... (d) ........................................................................................ Arkansas....................... + . + . + . California ..................... + . + . + . + (c) Colorado....................... + + + (c) Connecticut.................. + . + . + + + . Delaware ...................... + . + . + (c) Florida .......................... + . + . Georgia......................... + + . + . (c) Hawaii........................... + . + (c) Idaho............................. + . + . + . + . Illinois........................... + + . Indiana.......................... + . + . + . Iowa .............................. (e) . + (f) (g) . Kansas .......................... + . Kentucky ...................... + . (h) (c) Louisiana...................... + + + . Maine............................ ...........................................................................................(i)......................................................................................... Maryland ...................... + + . Massachusetts .............. + . + + + (c) Michigan....................... + . + . + + +(j) (c) Minnesota..................... + . + (c) Mississippi .................... + + + + . + (c) Missouri........................ + . + . + . + (c) Montana ....................... + + + . Nebraska ...................... +(k) . + . Nevada.......................... + . +(l) . + . New Hampshire ........... ...........................................................................................(i)......................................................................................... New Jersey ................... + + + (c) New Mexico ................. + . + . + + . New York...................... + . + (m) . + + + . North Carolina............. + . + . + + + . North Dakota............... + . + + . Ohio.............................. + + . Oklahoma..................... +(n) . + . + (c) Oregon.......................... .......................................................................................... (d) ........................................................................................ Pennsylvania ................ + . + . Rhode Island................ (c) South Carolina............. + + + + . + + (c) South Dakota............... + . + . + . (c) Tennessee ..................... + + + + . Texas............................. + + + + . + . Utah.............................. + . (c) Vermont........................ + + (o) + + (o) . + + . Virginia......................... + . + . Washington................... + + + . + . West Virginia................ + + . + . (c) Wisconsin ..................... + . Wyoming ...................... .......................................................................................... (d) ........................................................................................ American Samoa ......... + . Guam............................ (u)(k) . + + + . No. Mariana Islands .... + + (c) Puerto Rico.................. .......................................................................................... (d) ........................................................................................ U.S. Virgin Islands ....... + (f) + + . See footnotes at end of table. 232 The Book of the States 2010 LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS: POWERS AND DUTIES—Continued Sources: The Council of State Governments’ survey, December 2009 and Parents-as-Teachers program. The lieutenant governor also serves on the state constitutions and statutes. For additional information on the powers following boards and commissions: Board of Fund Commissioners; Board and duties visit the National Lieutenant Governors Association website of Public Buildings; Governor’s Advisory Council for Veteran’s (chair); at http://www.nlga.us. Missouri Community Service Commission; Missouri Development Finance Key: Board; Missouri Housing Development Commission; Missouri Rural + — Provision for responsibility. Economic Development Council; Missouri Rural Economic Development . — No provision for responsibility. Council; Missouri Senior Rx Program (chair); Missouri Tourism Commis- (a) Lieutenant governors may obtain duties through gubernatorial sion (vice-chair); Personal Independence Commission (co-chair); Second appointment, statute, the Constitution, direct democracy action, or personal State Capitol Commission; Statewide Safety Steering Committee; Veteran’s initiative. Hence, an exhaustive list of duties is not maintained, but this chart Benefits Awareness Task Force (chair); Special Health, Psychological, and provides examples which are not all inclusive. Social Needs of Minority Older Individuals Commission; Mental Health (b) The lieutenant governor performs the duties of the governor in the Task Force (chair); Missouri Energy Task Force. New Jersey—Governor event of the governor’s death, impeachment, disability, or absence from the Christie appointed Lieutenant Governor Guadagno to also serve as the state for more than 20 days secretary of state. Oklahoma—Lieutenant governor also serves on 10 (c) Alaska—The lieutenant governor bears these additional responsibili- boards and commissions including Tourism and School Land Commission. ties: Alaska Historical Commission Chair; Alaska Workforce Investment Rhode Island—Serves as Chair of a number of Advisory Councils includ- Board; supervise the Division of Elections: supervise the certification process ing issues related to Emergency Management, Long Term Care and Small for citizen ballot initiative and referenda; provide constituent care and Business. Each year submits a legislative package to the General Assembly. communications; lend support to governor’s legislative and administrative South Carolina—The lieutenant governor heads the State Office on Aging; initiatives; review, sign and file regulations; publish the Alaska Administra- appoints members and chairs the South Carolina Affordable Housing Com- tive Code and the Online Public Notice System; commission notaries public; mission. South Dakota—The lieutenant governor also serves as the Chair of regulate use of State Seal, co-chair Alaska Criminal Justice Working Group; the Workers Compensation Advisory Commission and as a member of the member of Clemency Advisory Cmte.; represent Alaska on the Aerospace Constitutional Revision Commission. Utah—The lieutenant governor serves States Association (ASA), the National Association of Secretaries of State as Secretary of State (Constitution); Chair of the Lieutenant Governor’s and the National Lieutenant Governors’ Association. Arctic Winter Games; Commission on Volunteers (statutory); Chair of the Lieutenant Governor’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Commission on Civic and Character Education (statutory); Chair of the Chair; Project GRAD. California—Lieutenant governor also sits on the Utah Capitol Preservation Board (statutory); Chair (Governor’s Cabinet). UC Board of Regents and the CSU Board of Trustees, serves as the chair Direct cabinet oversight of following departments: 1. Utah Department of of the Commission for Economic Development, chair of the State Lands Public Safety and Homeland Security, 2. Utah Department of Transporta- Commission, member of the Ocean Protection Council, and as a member of tion, 3. Utah Division of Water Rights, 4. Utah Division of Rural Affairs. the California Emergency Council. Colorado—Additional responsibilities West Virginia—The President of the Senate and the Lieutenant Governor include: Chair of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs (by statute); are one in the same. The legislature provided in statute the title of Lieutenant member of the Homeland Security and All-Hazards Senior Advisory Governor upon the Senate President. The Senate President serves 2 year Committee (Cabinet duty). Delaware—Serves as President of the Board of terms, elected by the Senate on the first day of the first session of each two Pardons. Georgia—The Lieutenant Governor, by statute, is responsible for year legislative term. Northern Mariana Islands—The Lieutenant Governor board, commission and committee appointments. In addition the Lieutenant is charged with overseeing administrative functions. Governor appoints conference committees, rules on germaneness, and must (d) No lieutenant governor; secretary of state is next in line of succession sign all acts of the General Assembly. Hawaii—Also serves as Secretary to governorship. of State. Kentucky—In addition to the duties set forth by the Kentucky (e) Appoints all standing committees. Iowa—appoints some special Constitution, state law also gives the lieutenant governor the responsibility committees. to act as chair, or serve as a member, on various boards and commissions. (f) Presides over cabinet meetings in absence of governor. Some of these include: the State Property and Buildings Commission, (g) Only in emergency situations. Kentucky Turnpike Authority, Kentucky Council on Agriculture, Board (h) The Kentucky Constitution specifically