§ § 2Principal departments

Sec. 2.
    All executive and administrative offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the executive
 branch of state government and their respective functions, powers and duties, except for the
 office of governor and lieutenant governor, and the governing bodies of institutions of higher
 education provided for in this constitution, shall be allocated by law among and within not
 more than 20 principal departments. They shall be grouped as far as practicable according to
 major purposes.
    Subsequent to the initial allocation, the governor may make changes in the organization of
 the executive branch or in the assignment of functions among its units which he considers
 necessary for efficient administration. Where these changes require the force of law, they shall
 be set forth in executive orders and submitted to the legislature. Thereafter the legislature shall
 have 60 calendar days of a regular session, or a full regular session if of shorter duration, to
 disapprove each executive order. Unless disapproved in both houses by a resolution concurred
 in by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, each order shall become
 effective at a date thereafter to be designated by the governor.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution or any prior judicial decision, as of
 the effective date of the constitutional amendment adding this provision, which amends article
 IV, sections 1 through 6, article V, sections 1, 2 and 4, and article VI, sections 1 and 4,
 including this provision, for purposes of interpreting this constitutional amendment the people
 declare that the powers granted to independent citizens redistricting commission for state and
 congressional districts (hereinafter, "commission") are legislative functions not subject to the
 control or approval of the governor, and are exclusively reserved to the commission. The
 commission, and all of its responsibilities, operations, functions, contractors, consultants and
 employees are not subject to change, transfer, reorganization, or reassignment, and shall not be
 altered or abrogated in any manner whatsoever, by the governor. No other body shall be



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 established by law to perform functions that are the same or similar to those granted to the
 commission in article IV, section 6.