WHEREAS, the
Office of the Business Ombudsman was created to assist businesses
in dealing efficiently with various State regulations governing
various commercial, industrial and residential projects or activities
in this State; and
WHEREAS, the
Office of the Business Ombudsman is presently located in the Department
of State pursuant to Executive Order No. 15
(1994); and
WHEREAS, the
Department of Commerce and Economic Development will, commencing
on or about July 1, 1997, establish an Account Management System
(hereinafter referred to as "AMS"); and
WHEREAS, the
AMS is a proactive, integrated business retention and expansion
strategy focused on providing professional, coordinated services
to existing New Jersey businesses so that they remain competitive,
and become more competitive, in their respective markets; and
WHEREAS, there
is a need for a single point of operations to exclusively coordinate
an efficient and timely process for submission, evaluation and resolution
of applications for business permits, licenses, certificates and
other approvals, and for the maintenance and attraction of business
in New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the
establishment of the AMS dictates that the Office of the Business
Ombudsman will more efficiently serve the business community if
it is located in the Department of Commerce;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, 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. Executive
Order No. 15 is hereby rescinded effective July 1, 1997.
2. All functions
of the Office of the Business Ombudsman previously established
in the Department of State by Executive Order No. 15 shall be
transferred to the Department of Commerce and Economic Development,
and may be merged with departmental operations including the Account
Management System, as deemed appropriate by the Commissioner of
the Department of Commerce and Economic Development.
3. The Commissioner
of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, or his
designee, shall replace the Secretary of State on the Cabinet
Committee on Permit Coordination (hereinafter "Cabinet Committee"),
which Cabinet Committee was reconstituted pursuant to Executive
Order No. 100 (Kean). Moreover, the Commissioner, or his designee,
shall replace the Secretary of State as Chairperson of the Cabinet
Committee. The Commissioner shall appoint an Executive Director
of the Cabinet Committee.
4. This
Order shall take effect July 1, 1997.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal
this 27th day of June in the Year
of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Ninety-Seven, and
of the Independence of the United
States, the Two Hundred and Twenty-First.
[seal]
/s/
Christine Todd Whitman
Governor
Attest:
/s/ Michael
P. Torpey
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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