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Executive Orders

Executive Orders

Executive Orders by the Governors of the State of Tennessee 1987-present

Executive Orders from 1991 1991

No. 50 An Order Transferring the Administration of Certain Provisions of the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 From the State Planning Office to the Department of Environment and Conservation, Ned R. McWherter

No. 49 An Order Transferring the Division Of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services in the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and its Related Functions and the Administration of the Alcohol and Drug Treatment Act of 1973 and Other-Related Statutes From the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to the Department of Health., Ned R. McWherter

No. 48 An Order Indefinitely Suspending the Implementation of Executive Order 40, Ned R. McWherter

No. 47 An Order to Create a Tennessee Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center Within the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Ned R. McWherter

No. 46 An Order Imposing a Moratorium on the Permitting of Additional Commercial Medical Waste Processing Facilities and Modifying Executive Order no. 32, Ned R. McWherter

No. 45 An Order Redesignation the Governor’s Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities as the Tennessee Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities and to Amend Prior Executive Orders Relative Thereto, Ned R. McWherter

No. 44 An Order Transferring the Rest Area System In the Department of Tourist Development and Their Related Functions to the Department of Transportation, Ned R. McWherter

No. 43 An Order Amending Executive Order no. 39 with Respect to State Employees Who Are Members of the Reserve or National Guard and Who Have Been Called to Full Time Military Duty by the President of the United States, Ned R. McWherter

No. 42 An Order Transferring the Bureau of Environment in the Department of Health and Environment and its Related Functions and the Administration of the Tennessee Environmental Statutes from the Department of Health and Environment to the Department of Conservation, Ned R. McWherter

No. 41 An Order Transferring the Division of Forestry in the Department of Conservation and its Related Functions and the Administration of the Tennessee Forestry Act from the Department of Conservation to the Department of Agriculture, Ned R. McWherter

No. 40 An Order Transferring the Division of Parks and Recreation and the Tennessee Historical Commission in the Department of Conservation and its Related Functions and the Administration of Related Statutes From the Department of Conservation to the Department of Tourist Development, Ned R. McWherter

Executive Orders from 1990 1990

No. 39 An Order Setting Forth the Policy of the State of Tennessee with Respect to State Employees Who are Members of of the Reserve or National Guard and Who Have Been Called to Fulltime Military Duty by the President of the United States, Ned R. McWherter

No. 38 An Order Relating to the Use and Disposition of Records and Forms in the Operation of Tennessee State Government, Ned R. McWherter

No. 37 An Order Transferring the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Revenue and Its Related Functions and The Administration of the Tennessee Motor Vehicle Title and Registration Law From the Department of Revenue of the Department of Safety, Ned R. McWherter

No. 36 An Order Authorizing The Tennessee Housing Development Agency to Establish an Allocation Plan for the State's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, and Approving Such Plan, as Required by the Omnibibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, Ned R. McWherter

No. 35 An Order Implementing the Retirement Incentive Plan Authorized by Public Chapter 961 of the Acts of 1990, Ned R. McWherter

No. 34 An Order Amending Executive Order no. 18 Relative to the Information Systems Council, Ned R. McWherter

No. 33 An Order Declaring a Moratorium on the Permitting of Additional Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators, Ned R. McWherter

No. 32 An Order Declaring a Moratorium on the Permitting of Additional Commercial Medical Waste Incinerators, Ned R. McWherter

Executive Orders from 1989 1989

No. 31 An Order Establishing a Recycling Program in the Executive Branch of State Government, Ned R. McWherter

No. 30 An Order Expanding the Membership of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health, Ned R. McWherter

No. 29 An Order Creating an Advisory Group to the Tennessee Commission On Children And Youth, Ned R. McWherter

No. 28 An Order Establishing the Clean Tennessee. Advisory Council and Endorsing the Keep America Beautiful System, Ned R. McWherter

No. 27 An Order Establishing an Inter-Agency Prescription Drug Enforcement Council for the Purpose of Sharing Information and Taking Action to Protect the Health, Safety and Welfare of the Citizens of the State of Tennessee, Ned R. McWherter

No. 26 An Order to Continue the Establishment of the Tennessee Job Training Coordinating Council, and to Reconstitute the Membership of Said Council, Ned R. McWherter

Executive Orders from 1988 1988

No. 25 An Order Creating the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness -and Health, Ned R. McWherter

No. 24 An Order Transferring the Licensing Authority of Certain Before and After School Child Care Facilities from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education, Ned R. McWherter

No. 23 An Order Changing the Name of the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped to the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Ned R. McWherter

No. 22 An Order to Assign the Administration of Certain Appropriations Enacted Pursuant to Certain Items of Chapter 1037 of the Public Acts of 1988, Ned R. McWherter

No. 21 An Order Directing that the Utility Management Review Board be Administratively Attached to the Department of Health and Environment, Ned R. McWherter

No. 20 An Order Transferring the Tennessee Board of Boiler Rules and the Tennessee Elevator Safety Board In the Department of Commerce and Insurance and Their Respective Functions to the Department of Labor, Ned R. McWherter

No. 19 An Order to Create a Cabinet Council on Services to Children and Youth, Ned R. McWherter

No. 18 An Order Re-Establishing the Information Systems Council, Ned R. McWherter

No. 17 An Executive Order Creating an Economic Cabinet Council, Ned R. McWherter

No. 16 An Executive Order Continuing a Special Task Force to Analyze the Housing Needs of Tennessee and to propose Recommendations and Other Related Initiatives., Ned R. McWherter

Executive Orders from 1987 1987

No. 15 An Order Authorizing the Tennessee Housing Development Agency to Establish an Allocation Plan for the State's New Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Authority Program Created Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Ned R. McWherter

No. 14 An Order Directing that the Utility Management Review Board be Administratively Attached to the Department of Economic and Community Development, Ned R. McWherter

No. 13 An Order Pertaining to Fair and Representative Employment Opportunity, Ned R. McWherter

No. 12 An Order Relative to Necessary and Appropriate State Coordination and Participation with the Federal Insurance Administration Under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as Amended and Rules and Regulations Promulgated Thereunder, Ned R. McWherter

No. 11 An Executive Order Creating a Special Task Force to Analyze the Housing Needs of Tennessee And to Propose Other Related Initiatives, Ned R. McWherter

No. 10 An Order to Assign the Administration of Certain Appropriations Enacted Pursuant to Certain Items of Chapter 457 of the Public Acts of 1987, Ned R. McWherter

No. 09 An Order Implementing the Retirement Incentive Plan Authorized by Public Chapter 243 of the Acts of 1987, Ned R. McWherter

No.08 An Order to Assign the Administration of the Appropriation Enacted Pursuant to Item 45 of Section 12, Chapter 937 of the Public Acts of 1986, Ned R. McWherter

No. 07 An Order Establishing the Tennessee Emergency Response Council to Coordinate Statewide Hazardous Materials Planning, Response, and Community Right-To-Know as Required by Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 {Pl-499), Ned R. McWherter

No. 06 An Order Authorizing the Tennessee Housing Development Agency to Establish an Allocation Plan for the State's New Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Authority Program Created Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Ned R. McWherter

No. 05 An Order to Continue the Establishment of the Tennessee Job Training Coordinating Council, and to Expand the Membership of Said Council, Ned R. McWherter

No. 04 Order Establishing the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Department of Military, as the Agency of State Government Having Responsibility and Authority for Planning Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Directing Response, Ned R. McWherter

No. 03 An Order Requiring Financial Disclosure by Cabinet Members and Cabinet Level Staff, Ned R. McWherter

No. 02 An Order Creating the Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Committee, Ned R. McWherter

No. 01 An Order to Direct a Cabinet Study of Issues Related to Indigent Health Care, Ned R. McWherter