\n(a) The Secretary of Environmental Quality shall be the head of the Department.\n(b) The Secretary may appoint two Deputy Secretaries. (1989, c. 727, s. 3; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(a); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, ss. 14.30(u), (v).)
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