EXECUTIVE
ORDER 96-07
DISSOLVING THE GOVERNOR'S INTERAGENCY CRIMINAL JUSTICE
WORK GROUP AND RESCINDING EXCUTIVE ORDER 81-15
WHEREAS, the Governor's
Interagency Criminal Justice Work Group was established through executive order
on August 14, 1981; and
WHEREAS, the members of the
Governor's Interagency Criminal Justice Work Group have faithfully carried out
their important work for 15 years; and
WHEREAS, the major task of the
Governor's Interagency Criminal Justice Work Group-prison population forecasting
and assumption setting-has been taken on by the Sentencing Guidelines
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's
Interagency Criminal Justice Work Group met on April 5, 1996 to consider
whether dissolving the group was appropriate and timely and voted unanimously
to request this; and
WHEREAS,
the Governor's Interagency Criminal Justice Work Group is
holding a final meeting on December 4, 1996 to discuss legislation proposed by
their member agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Lowry, Governor of the state of
Washington, by virtue of the power vested in me, do hereby rescind Executive
Order 81-15, thereby dissolving the Governor's Interagency Criminal Justice
Work Group, effective December 5, 1996.
On behalf of the people of the state of
Washington, I thank the members, past and present, for their hard work and
commitment over the years.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused
the seal of the State
of Washington to be
affixed at Olympia
this 20th day of
November A.D., Nineteen hundred and ninety-six.
MIKE LOWRY
Governor of Washington
BY THE GOVERNOR:
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Assistant Secretary of
State
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