CS/CS/HB 1385 - Inspectors General

• Chief Inspector General serves at the pleasure of the Governor and must be appointed or reappointed within the first regular legislative session following a gubernatorial change or reelection.

• For agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction, the Chief Inspector General appoints agency inspectors general (rather than agency heads), with 7 days' notice to the Governor before an offer of employment.

• Agency inspectors general under the Governor's jurisdiction report to both the agency head and the Chief Inspector General, and may hire and remove staff independently of the agency in consultation with the Chief Inspector General.

• Removal of agency inspectors general under the Governor's jurisdiction requires "for cause" justification (performance concerns, malfeasance, misfeasance, misconduct, or failure to perform duties) with 21 days' advance written notice to the Governor and opportunity for the inspector general to present written objections.

• Updates cross-references and clarifies that inspector general reports and complaints must be provided to the Chief Inspector General for agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction; effective July 1, 2014.