WHEREAS, an Executive Reorganization Plan transferring the Division of the State Library in the Department of Education to the Department of State was filed with the Legislature on May 2, 1996 as Reorganization Plan No. 002-1996; and

WHEREAS, Reorganization Plan No. 002-1996 was to become effective on July 1, 1996 or at such later date as the Governor may establish, if not disapproved by the Legislature; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to delay the effective date of Reorganization Plan No. 002-1996 until July 6, 1996 due to personnel changes in the Department of State as a result of the FY'97 State Budget;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, by the Statutes of this State and by Reorganization Plan No. 002-1996, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:

1. That the effective date for Reorganization Plan No. 002-1996, which transfers the Division of the State Library in the Department of Education to the Department of State, shall be July 6, 1996.

2. This Order shall take effect immediately.

GIVEN, under my hand and seal
this 28th day of June in the Year of
Our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Ninety-Six and of the
Independence of the United States,
the Two Hundred and Twentieth.

/s/ Christine Todd Whitman
Governor

Attest:

/s/ Harriet Derman
Chief Counsel to the Governor