EXECUTIVE
ORDER
03-06
WHEREAS, the Missouri Office of Administration is created pursuant to Article IV, Section 12, of the Missouri Constitution and Chapter 37, RSMo; and
WHEREAS, the
Missouri Department of Economic Development is created pursuant to Article IV,
Section 12, of the Missouri Constitution and Chapter 620, RSMo; and
WHEREAS, the
State Office of Equal Employment Opportunity is created by Executive Order
94-03 within the Office of Administration to ensure that there are “no vestiges
of discrimination against persons on account of race, sex, color, religion,
national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in not only employment
practices but the provision of services and operation of facilities”; and
WHEREAS, the
Minority Business Advocacy Commission is established by Section 33.752, RSMo,
to further the interests and assess the needs of minority businesses in
Missouri; and
WHEREAS,
Section 33.752.6(13) states that the Minority Business Advocacy Commission is
responsible for receiving complaints and recommendations concerning policies
and activities of federal, state, and local governmental agencies that affect
minority small businesses, and developing proposals for changes in policies or
activities to alleviate any unnecessary adverse effects to minority small
business; and
WHEREAS,
Section 33.752.7 states that the Department of Economic Development shall
furnish administrative support and staff for the effective operation of the
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the
Office of Administration and Department of Economic Development agree that the
Minority Business Advocacy Commission will be enhanced through placement within
the Office of Administration; and
WHEREAS, the I am committed to
integrating executive branch operations to improve the way the state delivers
services; and
WHEREAS, the transfer of the Minority
Business Advocacy Commission to the Office of Administration is a component of
the Governor’s Reorganization Plan of 2003, which is designed to streamline
state government and make it as efficient as possible.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BOB HOLDEN, GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the Laws of the State of Missouri, do hereby order the
Department of Economic Development and the Office of Administration to
cooperate to:
1.
Develop mechanisms and processes necessary to effectively
transfer the Minority Business Advocacy Commission from the Department of
Economic Development to the Office of Administration.
2.
Transfer all authority, powers, duties, functions, records,
personnel, property, contracts, budgets, matters pending, and other pertinent
vestiges of the Minority Business Advocacy Commission to the Office of
Administration, by Type II transfer, as defined under the Reorganization Act of
1974.
This Order shall become effective no
sooner than August 28, 2003 unless disapproved within sixty days of its
submission to the First Regular Session of the 92nd General
Assembly.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of
the State of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson on this 5th day of
February, 2003.
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