There is hereby created the office of the Director of the Department of Transportation, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and may be removed or replaced without cause. Compensation for the Director shall be determined by the Governor. The Director may be removed from office by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members elected to and constituting each chamber of the Legislature.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 305, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 346, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1969; Laws 1974, c. 287, § 10, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974; Laws 1984, c. 239, § 9, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 2019, c. 10, § 2, emerg. eff. March 13, 2019.