The secretary shall appoint a director for each division of the department who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and shall recommend the salary for each director as allowed by statute or applicable law.

HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1505; 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 5; 2007 Act No. 114, Section 5, eff June 27, 2007.

Editor's Note

2007 Act No. 114, Section 9, provides as follows:

"References in the 1976 Code to the "director" that refer to the chief administrative officer of the Department of Transportation, mean the "Secretary of the Department of Transportation" or "secretary", as appropriate; and references to "Department of Transportation Commissioner" and references to "deputy director" changed to "division director" in Section 57-1-450 mean "division director". The Code Commissioner shall change references in the 1976 Code to conform to this act, and such changes must be included in the next printing of replacement volumes or cumulative supplements."

Effect of Amendment

The 2007 amendment substituted "secretary" for "director" in two places and deleted "deputy" preceding "director" in two places.