Executive Orders of Governor Terry Edward Branstad

Executive Order Number One
Appoint an advisory commission on corrections in Iowa. (May 8, 1983)
Executive Order Number Two
Implement the cooperative network to be called the Assurance Network for Easing Widowhood (ANEW). (July 1, 1983)
Executive Order Number Three
Establish a select advisory panel on hazardous waste management. (July 1, 1983)
Executive Order Number Four
Order a 2.8% reduction in appropriations, (September 3, 1983)
Executive Order Number Five
Establish gift reporting requirements for the Executive department. (October 225, 1983)
Executive Order Number Six
Reaffirm and continue membership in the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association. (November 23, 1983)
Executive Order Number Seven
Establish the Iowa Refugee Service Center. (January27, 1984)
Executive Order Number Eight
Establish the Iowa Refugee Service Center. (January27, 1984)
Executive Order Number Nine
Appoint all present and future members of the District Export Council to the Governor's Export Advisory Council. (February 8, 1984)
Executive Order Number Ten
Order a procedure to be used to allocate the total principal amount of bonds which can be issued by political subdivisions of the State. (March 22, 1984)
Executive Order Number Eleven
Amend Executive Order # 15 (April 2, 1973) establishing a code of fair practices. (March30, 1984)
Executive Order Number Twelve
To establish the Iowa Literacy Council. (September 4, 1984)
Executive Order Number Thirteen
Order that each department in the Executive branch undertake a comprehensive review of its supervisory span of control and report to the Inspector General. (September 21, 1984)
Executive Order Number Fourteen
Set the maximum percentage of federal funds allotted to Iowa that may be sent on municipal wastewater treatment works at 20%. (September 21, 1984)
Executive Order Number Fifteen
Createan Iowa Executive Development Coordinating Committee. (January 29, 1985)
Executive Order Number Sixteen
Establish the Iowa Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and meet certain objectives. (May 10, 1985)
Executive Order Number Seventeen
Create an Iowa Partnership for Economic Progress. (May 16, 1985)
Executive Order Number Eighteen
Create a Telecommunication and Information Management Council. (July 9, 1985)
Executive Order Number Nineteen
Order a 3-85% reduction in appropriations. (September 18, 1985)
Executive Order Number Twenty
Declare that a state of economic emergency exists. (October 1, 1985)
Executive Order Number Twenty-One
Rename Iowa Refugee Service Center as Bureau of Refugee Programs and place it administratively in the Department of Human Services. (December 24, 1985)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Two
Provide a method of allocating the total amount of bonds which may be issued with the State in any calendar year among the various political subdivisions and issuing agencies and authorities of the State. (February 19, 1986)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Three
Designation of the State Department of Public Safety as the State Highway Safety Agency and the Commissioner of Public Safety as the Governor's representative for Highway Safety. (June 9, 1986)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Four
Delegate to the Department of Economic Development the authority and responsibility vested in the Governor under the JTPA, and create the State Job Training Coordinating Council. (July 11, 1986)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Five
Amend Executive Order # 22 to provide a procedure for allocating the total principal amount of bonds which can be issued by political sub-divisions of the State during any calendar year. (November 17, 1986)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Six
Prohibit the sale of tobacco products in areas of buildings under the Governor's control in the State Capitol Complex and all offices occupied by State government. (December 31, 1986)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Seven
Create an Interagency Council. (March 3, 1987)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Eight
Establish gift reporting requirements for the Executive Department of State government. (March 4, 1987)
Executive Order Number Twenty-Nine
Extension of the state of economic emergency referedced in Executive Order #20. (April 1, 1987)
Executive Order Number Thirty
Create and establish the State Emergency Response Commission of Iowa. (April 15, 1987)
Executive Order Number Thirty-One
Establish gift reporting requirements for the Executive Department of State government. (June 29, 1987)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Two
Create the Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse within the Department of Public Health. (July 7, 2 987)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Three
Continue the TIM Council. (August 21, 1987)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Four
Provisions of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action in State government enforced through the Iowa Department of Management. (July 22, 1988)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Five
Creates the Iowa Commission on Foreign Language Studies and International Education. (September 27, 1988)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Six
Iowa state government and State agencies shall be models supporting development and marketing of and in utilizing degradable products. (February 13, 1989)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Seven
State government shall be models for developing and implementing comprehensive programs for waste reduction, recycling, and the use of recycled products. (February 13, 1989)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Eight
In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, State of Iowa is obliged to provide a drug and alcohol free environment including disciplinary action. (March 17, 1989)
Executive Order Number Thirty-Nine
Forms State hazard mitigation team, chaired by Department of Public Defense, Disaster Services Division, to determine capabilities of State agencies, provide assistance, improve preparedness, response, and recovery from disasters. (September 12, 1989)
Executive Order Number Forty
The Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse is the designated agency to receive Drug Control & System Improvement Grant Program funding. (November 1, 1990)
Executive Order Number Forty-One
Empowers the Governor to accept retrocession of Federal jurisdiction if offered by appropriate Federal authorities. (November 6, 1990)
Executive Order Number Forty-Two
Invokes across-the-board budget reductions as determined by the Governor. (July 1, 1991)
Executive Order Number Forty-Three
Invokes further budget cuts as determined by the Governor. (April 8, 1992)
Executive Order Number Forty-Four
Rescinds Executive Order # 46 (Gov. Ray, December 21, 1982) and recommits efforts of the Executive branch and all department directors, members of governing boards and commissions, and other public officers and employees of the State to attend training and make reports on affirmative action, discriminatory harassment prevention, and cultural diversity. (April 30, 1992)
Executive Order Number Forty-Five
Orders the Department of Economic Development to work with the Regional Coordinating Council. (August 27, 1992)
Executive Order Number Forty-Six
Establishes the TIM Council (Telecommunication and Informational Management). (January 5, 1993)
Executive Order Number Forty-Seven
Accepts offer of assignment of concurrent jurisdiction. (March 29, 1993) Executive Order Number Forty-Eight
Establishes the Iowa Commission for National and Community Service. (February 14, 1994)
Executive Order Number Forty-Nine
Establishes the Telemedicine Advisory Council. (March 4, 1994)
Executive Order Number Fifty
Establishes the Iowa Health Reform Transition Team. (May 2, 1994)
Executive Order Number Fifty-One
Establishes a Library Service Advisory Council. (May 19, 1994)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Two
Replaces and rescinds Executive Order # 35. (July 1, 1994)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Three
Establishes an Iowa Workforce Development council. (July 29, 1994)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Four
Replaces and rescinds Executive Order # 39. (December 23, 1994)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Five
Appoints the Des Moines resident-in-charge from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as a nonvoting ex-officio member of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council. (June 22, 1995)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Six
Replaces and rescinds Executive Order # 37. (December 18, 1995)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Seven
Directs Department of Personnel to develop policy that will assist in continuing efforts to maintain a violence-free workplace. (June 28, 1996)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Eight
Delegates the authority and responsibility for the Job p Training Partnership Act to the Workforce Development Department (WDD). Replaces and rescinds Executive Order # 24. (July 1, 1996)
Executive Order Number Fifty-Nine
Assigns the responsibility of meeting State's requirement to establish a Human Resource Investment Council, in conformance with P.L. 102-367. Rescinds Executive Order # 53, (September 30, 1996)
Executive Order Number Sixty
Delegates responsibility to state agencies for making training available to employees who are responsible for services contracting. (Hay 19, 1997) Rescinds Executive Order # 50
Executive Order Number Sixty-One
Assign responsibility to coordinate disparate information technology and to provide enterprise-wide information technology services to the executive branch agencies to the Information Technology Services (ITS) director appointed by the Governor.
Executive Order Number Sixty-Two
Establishes a nine-member committee for the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
Executive Order Number Sixty-Three
Establishes a nine-member committee for the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
Executive Order Number Sixty-Four
Amends Executive Order # 48 only by changing the name from the Iowa Commission for National and Community Service to the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service.
Executive Order Number Sixty-Five
Establishes the Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC).
Executive Order Number Sixty-Six
Establishes the Iowa Access Advisory Council.
Executive Order Number Sixty-Seven
Establishes the Council for Continuous Improvement in Education to facilitate statewide effort to prepare, recruit, induct, and retain effective educational professionals.
Executive Order Number Sixty-Eight
Prohibits use of all tobacco products in the areas of buildings under Governor's control in the State Capitol Complex and all offices occupied by state government. (November 23,1998)