The Texas Governor’s office seems to have a problem appointing replacements to state boards and commissions in a timely manner. According to The Texas Tribune,the state now has 336 holdover appointees. Those are people whose terms have expired but whose replacements have not been named.
Some have been waiting for a replacement to be announced for five years. And it gets worse: The terms of another 20 gubernatorial appointees will expire between now and September. And these numbers don’t include people appointed by the lieutenant governor and the speaker. Gov. Greg Abbott is still working his way out of a backlog; he’s made hundreds of appointments since he took office early last year.
Sometimes the holdovers cause controversy. Empower Texans, a conservative advocacy group, recently called on Abbott and other state leaders to replace the four commissioners at the Texas Ethics Commission.
