EXECUTIVE ORDER 98-03

RESCISSION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS

WHEREAS, upon taking office I pledged to pursue the principles of regulatory improvement to streamline and simplify the operations of state government. As part of that commitment it is necessary to periodically review existing executive orders and to eliminate those that are unnecessary, confusing or ineffective.

WHEREAS, as a result of this ongoing review, in 1997 I rescinded seventy-five executive orders (see Executive Order 97-04), reducing the total number of operative orders by approximately fifty percent.

WHEREAS, the Office of the Governor and executive branch agencies have identified five additional executive orders that are no longer necessary and can be rescinded immediately.

EO 91-04, relating to the establishment of the Governor's Council on Education Reform and Funding.

• The work of the council was completed in 1992, and the executive order is, therefore, obsolete.

EO 91-09, relating to general fund allotment reductions.

• The executive order applied only to the 1991-93 biennium and is, therefore, obsolete.

EO 93-05, relating to state travel procedures.

• Travel requirements have been incorporated into the Office of Financial Management's financial and administrative policies. The executive order is, therefore, obsolete.

EO 93-08, relating to the Council on Agriculture and the Environment.

• The council is no longer functioning, and the executive order is, therefore, obsolete.

EO 95-02, relating to the Governor's Higher Education Task Force.

• The work of the task force was completed in 1996, and the executive order is, therefore, obsolete.