Executive Orders of Governor Chet Culver

Executive Order Number One:
Orders that the United States Flag be flown at half-staff to honor any member of Iowa National Guard, Iowa Air National Guard or an Iowa resident serving as a member of the United States Armed Forces who is killed in the line of duty. (1/27/2007)

Executive Order Number Two:
Orders that the deadline for individual Iowa taxpayers who are farmers to pay their 2006 individual income tax is extended until March 15, 2007. (2/28/2007)

Executive Order Number Three:
Orders that the use of E-85 fuel in the state's flexible-fuel vehicles shall be increased to at least 60% of fuel purchases, and instructs the Office of Energy Independence and DAS to develop a "State Government E-85 Use Plan . (6/21/2007)

Executive Order Number Four:
Orders that State Agencies achieve and maintain a diverse workforce in state government. (10/26/2007)

Executive Order Number Five:
Creates the Youth Race and Detention Task Force. (10/30/2007)

Executive Order Number Six:
Establishes a Green Government Initiative for the State of Iowa.  (2/21/2008)

Executive Order Number Seven:
Establishes an Iowa Task Force to Rebuild Iowa, after the storms and flood in May and June of 2008. (6/27/2008)

Executive Order Number Eight:
Establishes an Independent Contractor Reform Task Force. (7/16/2008)

Executive Order Number Nine:
Directs IFA to administer the allocation of additional tax-exempt bonding authority provided by the Disaster Relief Act, develop administrative rules to implement the allocation of this additional tax-exempt bonding authority, track the allocation of the additional tax-exempt bonding authority to ensure compliance with all applicable federal law, and provide all necessary reports to the IRS. (11/7/2008)

Executive Order Number Ten:
Aids the Governor to meet his Constitutional obligation to balance the state budget, announcing that he would order a 1.5 percent across-the-board reduction in state expenditures for the current fiscal year. (12/22/2008)

Executive Order Number Eleven:
Establishes a task force on dependent care. (2/17/2009)

Executive Order Number Twelve:
Establishes the creation of the Iowa Accountablility and Transparency Board to monitor and report on the State of Iowa's efforts to implement the AARA. (4/14/2009)

Executive Order Number Thirteen:
Directs DAS to establish and implement cost-effective, transparent accounting practices to track reimbursements to state employees for meals, travel, and other work-related costs in order to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse. (5/26/2009)

Executive Order Number Fourteen:
Authorizes the Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center to apply for a Strengthening Communities Fund – State, Local and Tribal Government Capacity Building Program Grant. (6/22/2009)

Executive Order Number Fifteen:
Creates the Ex-offender Re-entry Coordinating Council. (7/15/2009)

Executive Order Number Sixteen:
Creates the Green Jobs Task Force. (8/20/2009)

Executive Order Number Seventeen:
Gives guidance to the Department of Administrative services when purchasing, leasing or renovating office space for governmental use, including the placement of state offices in historic central business districts. (9/25/2009)

Executive Order Number Eighteen:
Orders a transfer from the emergency fund of $45.3 million in order to close fiscal year 2009 with a balanced state budget. (9/25/2009)

Executive Order Number Nineteen:
Orders the implementation of a 10% across-the-board cut to state government spending.  (10/8/2009)