LIEUTENANT

Table 4.14 LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS: POWERS AND DUTIES

Member of Serves as Authority for ’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 ...... + ...... ...... + . . . (h) (c) Louisiana...... + + + . . . Maine...... (i)...... Maryland ...... + + . . . ...... + ...... + + + (c) Michigan...... + . . . + . . . + + +(j) (c) Minnesota...... + . . . + (c) Mississippi ...... + + + + ...... + (c) Missouri...... + . . . + . . . + . . . + (c) Montana ...... + + + . . . Nebraska ...... +(k) ...... + . . . Nevada...... + . . . +(l) ...... + . . . New Hampshire ...... (i)...... ...... + + + (c) New Mexico ...... + . . . + ...... + + . . . New York...... + . . . + (m) . . . + + + . . . North Carolina...... + . . . + . . . + + + . . . North Dakota...... + ...... + + . . . Ohio...... + + ...... Oklahoma...... +(n) . . . + ...... + (c) Oregon...... (d) ...... Pennsylvania ...... + . . . + ...... ...... (c) South Carolina...... + + + + . . . + + (c) South Dakota...... + . . . + . . . + ...... (c) Tennessee ...... + + + + ...... Texas...... + + + + ...... + . . . Utah...... + . . . (c) Vermont...... + + (o) + + (o) . . . + + . . . Virginia...... + . . . + ...... Washington...... + + + ...... + . . . ...... + + . . . + ...... (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.

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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 gives the lieutenant governor of the Kentucky Housing Corporation and the Appalachian Development the power to act as governor, in the event the governor is unable to fulfill Council. The governor also has the power to give the Lieutenant governor the duties of office. other specific job duties. Massachusetts—The lieutenant governor is a (i) No lieutenant governor; senate president or speaker is next in line of member of, and presides over, the Governor’s Council, an elected body of succession to governorship. 8 members which approves all judicial nominations. Michigan—The lieuten- (j) As defined in the state constitution, the lieutenant governor performs ant governor serves as a member of the State Administrative Board; and gubernatorial functions in the governor’s absence. In the event of a vacancy represents the governor and the state at selected local, state, and national in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor is first in line to succeed meetings. In addition the governor may delegate additional responsibilities. to the position. Minnesota—Serves as the Chair of the Capitol Area Architectural and Plan- (k) Unicameral legislative body. In Guam, that body elects own presid- ning Board Committee. Mississippi—The lieutenant governor also appoints ing officer. chairs of standing committees, appoints conferees to committees and is a (l) Except on final passage of bills and joint resolutions. member of the Legislative Budget Committee, chair of this committee every (m) With respect to procedural matters, not legislation. other year. Missouri—Other duties of the lieutenant governor include: (n) May preside over the Senate when desired. Official Senior Advocate for State of Missouri and Advisor to Department (o) Appoints committees with the Pres. Pro Tem and one Senator on of Elementary and Secondary Education on early childhood education and Committee on Committees. Committee on Committees assigns bills.

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