Kentucky's attorney general and state auditor will no longer be able to nominate members of the Executive Branch Ethics Commission under a new executive order from Governor Matt Bevin.
The Courier Journal reports the governor appoints the members of the commission, which investigates allegations of state ethics code violations in the executive branch.
But in 2008, then-Governor Steve Beshear issued an order requiring a governor to appoint two members of the commission that had been recommended by the attorney general and the state auditor.
Bevin repealed that order Tuesday, effectively allowing him to control all of the appointments assigned to hold his administration accountable.
Bevin spokeswoman Jessica Ditto said the order simply returns the appointment process to the system state lawmakers intended.
