§ 1 - Composition of department
§ 1. Composition of department
(a) The department of public service shall consist of the commissioner of public service, a director for regulated utility planning, a director for public advocacy, a director for energy efficiency and such other persons as the commissioner considers necessary to conduct the business of the department.
(b) The commissioner of public service shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The commissioner of public service shall serve for a term of two years beginning February 1 of the year in which the appointment is made. The commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The directors for regulated utility planning, for energy efficiency and for public advocacy shall be appointed by the commissioner.
(c) The director for public advocacy may employ, with the approval of the commissioner, legal counsel and other experts, and clerical assistance, and the directors of regulated utility planning and energy efficiency may employ with the approval of the commissioner experts and clerical assistance. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 38, 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 1, 1981; 1989, No. 238 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 4, 1990.)