2006 Massachusetts Code - Chapter 7 — Section 5. First deputy commissioner.

Section 5. The commissioner may, with the consent of the governor, appoint a first deputy commissioner of administration who shall also serve as undersecretary. Said first deputy commissioner shall be a person of ability and experience; shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner; shall receive such salary as the commissioner, with the approval of the governor, shall determine, and, shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office. He shall exercise such authority and discharge such duties of the commissioner as the commissioner may from time to time delegate to him; and in the absence or incapacity of the commissioner or in the event of a vacancy in the position of the commissioner, the said first deputy commissioner shall act as the commissioner until the absence or incapacity shall have terminated or the vacancy shall have been filled.