EXECUTIVE
ORDER EO 71-01
WHEREAS, the Developmental
Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, Public Law 91-517, has
been passed by Congress and approved by President Nixon. This Public Law makes
funds available to the State of Washington for planning, administration,
delivery of services and construction of facilities for the developmentally
disabled. This law further requires the designation of a Planning and Advisory
Council with responsibility for approval and transmittal of a State Developmental
and Disabilities plan to the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, Daniel J. Evans, Governor of the State of Washington by virtue of authority
vested in me by law, do hereby designate the Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Advisory Council as authorized under R04 71.16 as the Developmental
Disabilities Planning and Advisory Council, with duties and responsibilities as
provided in Public Law 91-517.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused
the seal of the State
of Washington to be
affixed at Olympia
this 16th day of March
A.D., Nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
DANIEL J. EVANS
Governor of Washington
BY THE GOVERNOR:
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Secretary of State
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