This Executive Order extended EO #208 (Kean) and EO #35 (Florio) and was modified or extended by EO #37 and #70 (Whitman) and EO #12 (McGreevey).

WHEREAS, the New Jersey-Israel Commission (Commission) was created on May 31, 1989 by Executive Order No. 208 to enhance New Jersey's ability to implement the development of trade, capital investment and joint business ventures in addition to the development of cultural and educational exchanges between New Jersey and Israel as stated in the Sister State Agreement with Israel (Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Commission originally was scheduled to expire on May 31, 1991; and

WHEREAS, the Commission was extended pursuant to Executive Order No. 35 dated July 16, 1991, which in part authorized the continuance of the Commission through and including May 31, 1993; and

WHEREAS, the Commission has helped to foster a spirit of cooperation between the citizens of Israel and the citizens of New Jersey that should continue to be available in order to achieve the goals of the Agreement; and

NOW THEREFORE, I, JAMES J. FLORIO, Governor of the State of New Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:

1. The New Jersey-Israel Commission shall continue in existence through and including May 31, 1995.

2. All other provisions of Executive Order No. 35 which are not inconsistent with the foregoing shall remain in full force and effect.

3. This Order shall take effect immediately.

GIVEN, my hand and seal this
29th day of April in the Year of Our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
ninety-three, and of the Independence
of the United States, the two hundred
and seventeenth.

/s/ James Florio
Governor

Attest:

/s/ William Harla
Deputy Chief Counsel to the Governor