KRS 224.10-040: Major assistants -- Staff -- Secretary may designate deputy to sign final

orders.

(1) The secretary shall have any and all necessary power and authority, subject to

appropriate provisions of the statutes, to create positions, to retain positions in

effect prior to his or her appointment as secretary, and to employ the necessary

personnel in such positions to enable the secretary to perform the functions of the

cabinet. The secretary shall designate a person to act as deputy for him or her in the

exercise of his duties in his absence.

(2) All appointments to positions not in the classified service shall be made pursuant to

KRS 12.050.

(3) The secretary may designate a deputy to sign any or all final orders of the cabinet,

whether the orders are the result of hearing or agreement.