180 - Division of the budget; director; general duties.

§ 180. Division  of the budget; director; general duties.  The head of  the division of the budget shall be the director of the budget who shall  be appointed by the governor and hold office  during  his  pleasure.  He  shall  receive  a  salary  to be fixed by the governor within the amount  appropriated therefor. It shall be the  duty  of  the  director  of  the  budget  to  assist the governor in his duties under the constitution and  laws of the state respecting the  formulation  of  the  budget  and  the  correlating and revising of estimates and requests for appropriations of  the  civil  departments,  and  also to assist the governor in his duties  respecting  the  investigation,  supervision  and  coordination  of  the  expenditures  and  other  fiscal  operations  of  such  department.  The  director, subject to rules prescribed by the governor, may  appoint  and  fix  the  compensation  of  subordinates  and  employees of the division  within the amounts appropriated therefor.