James J. Florio
James J. Florio
1990 - 1994

No. Subject Date Issued
1 Directs public employees to file financial disclosure statements. 01/18/90
Amended by
EO #9 Florio;
Rescinded by
EO #2 Whitman
2 Creates position of Environmental Prosecutor in L&PS. 01/24/90
Rescinded by
EO #9
Whitman
3 Designates DEP Commissioner's authority in areawide water quality management plans. 01/26/90
4 Authorizes Dept. of Treasury control of State cars. 01/31/90
Expanded by
EO #33
Florio
5 Directs Governor's Study Commission on Discrimination in Public Works Procurement and Construction Contracts. 02/09/90
Modified by
EO #16
Florio
6 Provides consolidation of attorneys in the Department of Law and Public Safety. 03/14/90
7 Establishes the Governor's Management Review Commission. 04/02/90
8 Establishes an Emergency Solid Waste Assessment Task Force. 04/06/90
9 Amends portions of Executive Order No. 1. 04/18/90
Amended
EO #1 Florio
Rescinded by
EO #2
Whitman
10 Establishes the New Jersey Transportation Executive Council. 06/06/90
Rescinded
EO #25, #218
and
#220 Kean
11 Rescinds 35 Executive Orders of Governor Thomas Kean. 06/14/90
Rescinds
EO #5, 12, 14, 20,
28, 36, 37, 41, 46,
54,61, 63, 73, 76,
88, 90,95, 96, 111,
112, 120, 128, 132,
145, 150, 154, 166,
167, 177, 183, 187,
188, 198, 201,
and 212
Kean
12 Establishes a Human Resources Development Institute in the Department of Personnel. 08/21/90
13 Establishes the New Jersey-Atlantic City Coordinating Council. 08/23/90
14 Extends the New Jersey Advisory Council on Holocaust Education through 9/1/91. 08/31/90
Continues
EO #17, 87, 168
225
Kean
15 Allows New Jersey State employees called to active duty to return to State employment. 09/13/90
16 Changes final report due date of the Study Commission on Discrimination in Public Works Procurement and Construction Contracts. 09/28/90
Modifies
EO #5
Florio
17 Directs State agencies fly flags at half-mast from 10/11/90 through 10/13/90 in recognition of Barbara Boggs Sigmund. 10/10/90
18 Directs the Commissioner of Personnel establish pilot program review system. 10/17/90
19 Directs that the SES System be implemented Statewide. 10/17/90
20 Establishes the Delaware Bay Weakfish Action Commission. 10/18/90
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
21 Grants 11/22/90, the day following Thanksgiving, as a day off to nonessential employees. 11/19/90
22 Establishes the Governor's Commission on Quality Education in New Jersey. 12/27/90
23 Ratifies verbal declaration by Acting Governor John Lynch of a limited State of Emergency. 01/10/91
24 Declares a continuing State of Emergency regarding overcrowding in the State prisons and institutions. 01/18/91
25 Orders State employees called to active duty during Middle East crises be entitled to return to State employment. 01/18/91
26 Directs all State departments fly flags at half-mast from 1/30/91 through 2/1/91 in recognition of Christopher J. Jackman. 01/29/91
27 Creates a Governor's Cabinet Action Group on Juvenile Justice. 03/11/91
28 Establishes the State Council on Vocational Education. 03/15/91
Rescinds
EO #126 Kean
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
29 Directs that any State resident mobilized into Active Duty with the Armed Forces or Coast Guard for Operation Desert Shield/Storm, will be eligible for Veterans' Entitlements. 03/20/91
30 Re-establishes the Governor's Council on the Prevention of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. 04/15/91
Continued by
EO #18
Whitman
31 Creates Governor's Study Group on Bicentennial of Polish Constitution. 05/06/91
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
32 Creates Hudson River Waterfront Development Committee. 05/23/91
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
33 Gives Department of Treasury title to all State-owned vehicles. 06/07/91
Expands
EO #4
Florio
34 Directs each State agency appoint recycling coordinator. 06/13/91
35 Continues the New Jersey-Israel Commission through 5/31/93. 07/16/91
Extended
EO #208 Kean.
Modified by
EO #90
Floriod
EO #37
Whitman
extended by
EO #70
Whitman
Continued by
EO #12
McGreevey
36 Directs Department of Treasury establish a Printing Control Office. 07/17/91
37 Declares State of Emergency in Lacey Township. 07/19/91
Terminated by
EO #44
Florio
38 Implementation of Reorganization Plan No. 002-1991. 08/16/91
39 Prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation pertaining to employment by the State. 08/16/91
40 Expansion of Governor's Study Commission on Discrimination in Public Works Procurement and Construction Contracts. 08/16/91
Amends
EO #213 Kean
41 Recreates Commission on Eastern European History. 08/16/91
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
42 Continues NJ Governor's School Board of Overseers. 09/26/91
Extends
EO #129 Kean
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
43 Establishes Governor's Task Force on Local Partnerships. 10/12/91
44 Terminates Executive Order Number 37. 10/16/91
Terminates
EO #37
Florio
45 Creates Governor's Advisory Council on AIDS. 10/24/91
Rescinded by
EO #61

McGreevey
46 Limited State of Emergency in Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties. 10/31/91
Terminated by
EO #48
Florio
47 Development of a NJ Quality Achievement Award. 11/14/91
48 Terminates Executive Order No. 46. 11/19/91
Terminates
EO #46
Florio
49 Grants November 29, 1991 as a day off to State workers. 11/26/91
50 Declares State of Emergency due to weather conditions. 01/04/92
Rescinded by
EO #55
Florio
51 Extends Executive Order No. 50. 01/10/92
Rescinded by
EO #55
Florio
52 Declares continuing State of Emergency in prisons. 01/17/92
53 Continues Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. 01/24/92
Continues
EO #51, 110, 173
217
(Kean).
Continued by
EO #19
Whitman
54 Establishes NJ Council on Job Opportunities. 02/06/92
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie 
55 Rescinds Executive Orders 50 & 51. 02/07/92
Rescinds
EO #50 and
#51 Florio
56 Continues Executive Orders 99 & 206 (Kean) for the Ethnic Advisory Council. 02/11/92
Continues
EO #11, #99
#206 Kean
57 Flags fly at half-mast in recognition of Sen. W. Dumont, Jr. 03/19/92
58 Flags fly at half-mast in recognition of Thomas J. Hanratty. 04/06/92
59 Delegates powers of the Governor in carrying out Title 23 to the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation. 05/14/92
60 Orders that N.J.S.A. 48:12-109 et seq. shall continue to apply strictly to rail passes. 05/27/92
Rescinds
EO #31 Kean
61 Orders that an Office on the Prevention of Violence Against Women in the Division on Women in the Department of Community Affairs be created. 06/11/92
62 Establishes a New Jersey Business-Higher Education Forum. 06/19/92
63 Establishes in, but not of Department of Community Affairs, State Agency Coordinating Council on Local Partnerships. 08/06/92
64 Flags fly at half-mast in recognition of Millicent H. Fenwick 09/16/92
65 Orders that GSA Administrator implement proposals in Report on State Leasing. 10/05/92
66 Creates Chief of Economic Recovery position. 10/19/92
67 Establishes Governor's NJ 2000 Advisory Committee. 10/16/92
68 Establishes State Council on Adult Education and Literacy. 10/29/92
Amended by
EO #77
Florio
69 Declares November 27, 1992 a day off for employees in Executive Department of State Government, etc. 11/09/92
70 Directs Commissioner of BOP to develop a plan for consolidation and coordination of personnel functions, etc. 11/17/92
71 Orders renaming of Governor's Advisory Committee on Public/Private Volunteer Partnerships to Governor's Advisory Council on Volunteerism and Community Service, etc. 11/20/92
See
EOs # 34, #79,
#99, #107
Whitman
72 Directs the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the State of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all state departments, etc. from Monday, December 7 through and including Monday, December 21, 1992. 12/07/92
73 Declares and proclaims a limited State of Emergency presently exists in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Orders the New Jersey National Guard to active duty, such members of the National Guard that in the Adjutant General's judgment are necessary to provide aid to the above communities. The Superintendent of the Division of State Police is hereby authorized to order evacuations of persons, except for emergency and governmental personnel, etc. 12/11/92
Terminated by
EO #76 Florio
74 Declares an additional State of Emergency in the counties of Bergen, Hudson, and Salem. See Executive Order No. 73. 12/11/91
Terminated by
EO #76 Florio
75 Declares an additional State of Emergency in the counties of Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren Counties. See Executive Order No. 73. 12/11/92
Terminated by
EO #76
Florio
76 Declares the state of emergency (see Executive Order Nos. 73, 74 and 75), to be terminated on December 22, 1992 and rescinds the aforementioned Orders. 12/22/92
Terminates
EO #73 EO #74
EO #75
Florio
77 Amends Executive Order No. 68, Section 4, which originally created the State Council on Adult Education and Literacy. The amendment primarily deals with the limitation on members so that the Governor can accommodate various interested constituents. 01/07/93
Amends
EO #68 Florio
78 Concerns the leasing of real property by members of the Legislature or members of their families who will benefit by entering agreements to lease property title to which is held by either a member of the Legislature, an immediate family member, a business in which the legislator has an interest, or a trust (even a blind trust) established by the legislator. 01/12/93
79 Concerns no-bid contracts which will not require competitive bidding for all such contracts. The Order directs the Treasurer to adopt regulations that will codify the existing informal process of requiring bidding whenever it is practicable etc. 01/12/93
Superseded by
EO #26
Whitman
80 Continues state of emergency in the State prison system and allows the Department of Corrections to continue to house inmates in county jails, etc. 01/15/93
81 Directs that the flags of the United States of America and State of New Jersey be flown at half-staff at all State departments, etc. from Monday, February 1, 1993 through and including February 3, 1993 in recognition and mourning of the passing of Associate Justice Thrummed Marshall. 01/29/93
82 Orders and Directs the creation of a Highlands Trust Advisory Board which shall be advisory to the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. 02/25/93
83 Creates a thirteen-member Legalized Gaming Policy Study Commission. The Commission shall terminate upon the issuance by the Commission of its report and recommendations. 03/05/93
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie 
84 Orders and Directs that pursuant to the Set-Aside Act for Small Businesses, and Minority Businesses, Female Businesses, and Minority Businesses, the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority Law, the Casino Control Act, The New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust Act, the New Jersey Urban Development Corporation Act etc. every State contracting agency shall adopt a set-aside program that requires the agency to make a good faith effort to award 7% of public procurement and construction contracts and subcontracts to all qualified businesses, etc. 03/05/93
85 Declares a limited State of Emergency exists throughout the State since 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 13, 1993 due to Blizzard of 1993. 03/15/93
Rescinded by
EO #86
Florio
86 Rescinds Executive Order No. 85 (Limited State of Emergency due to 1993 Blizzard). 03/16/93
Rescinds
EO #85
Florio
87 Creates the Defense Conversion and Community Assistance Commission. 03/29/93
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
88 Orders and Directs the Commissioner of Personnel shall conduct a comprehensive review of the State's current policies, practices, and procedures for eradicating sexual harassment from the government workplace. 04/04/93
89 Orders and Directs the New Jersey Department of Commerce shall conduct a study to determine the likely social, economic, and cultural consequences that would result from the liberation of the people of Cuba. 04/15/93
Superseded by
EO #24
Whitman
90 Continues the New Jersey-Israel Commission through and including May 31, 1995. 04/29/93
Extended
EO #208 Kean
Modified
EO #35
Florio
Extended by
EO #37
& #70 Whitman
Continued by
EO #12

McGreevey
91 Orders and Directs each State agency and instrumentality shall appoint within 30 days of effective date of this Order, a coordinator from the agency procurement staff who will be responsible for coordinating with the Division of Purchase and Property and the Division of Solid Waste Management, the procurement of recycled products by the agency or instrumentality. The coordinator's responsibility is to assure agency compliance with the purchasing goals of this Order, etc. 05/03/93
92 Orders and Directs that the policy of the State of New Jersey regarding the awarding of contracts shall be that all bonds, notes, or similar instruments shall be issued on the basis of competitive bidding, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the State Treasurer's report dated May 3, 1992, etc. 05/04/93
Superseded by
EO #26
Whitman
93 Orders and Directs that should Reorganization Plan No. 001 become effective (Transfer from Department of Corrections to the Department of Human Services respectively) of the New Jersey Training School for Boys and the Juvenile Medium Security Center Jamesburg and Bordentown, shall not take place until such transfer is approved, etc. 05/07/93
See EO #10
Whitman
94 Establishes a State Interagency Coordinating Council to advise and assist the designated lead agency for early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, etc. 05/21/93
95 Orders that blind trusts be eliminated in favor of full disclosure of assets by any State officer or employee who is required by law or executive order to submit a financial disclosure statement to the Executive Commission on Ethical Standards. 06/10/93
Rescinded by
EO #2
Whitman
96 Directs State agencies fly flags at half-mast from 06/15/93 through 06/16/93 in recognition and mourning of the passing Mildred Barry Garvin. 06/15/93
97 Directs that the Chief Counsel to the Governor conduct a comprehensive review of the State's regulatory system and present to the Governor by October 1, 1993, recommendations for improvement, etc. 08/02/93
98 Orders and Directs that the flags of the United States and State of New Jersey be flown at half-staff at all State departments, etc. from Thursday, August 12, 1993 through and including August 13, 1993 in recognition and mourning over the death of Francisco Baez of the Department of Transportation. 08/11/93
99 Orders and Directs that any public works projects implemented by any State department be subject to project agreements to ensure the highest standards of safety and quality and lowest reasonable costs without disruptions of strikes, lockouts or slowdowns. 09/13/94
Rescinded by
EO #11 Whitman
100 Directs flags at United States and State agencies be flown at half-staff September 21, 1993 through September 24, 1993 in recognition and mourning of Senator John E. Dimon. 09/21/93
101 Establishes Governor's Committee on Welfare Reform to develop a plan to coordinate and direct State resources to achieve the welfare reforms of the Family Development Program. 09/24/93
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie 
102 Rescinds Executive Order No. 35 and establishes Governor's Committee on Children's Services Planning which will submit recommendations to the Cabinet Task Force on Children and Families and to the Governor regarding priorities for State budget for the next fiscal year. 09/24/93
Rescinds
EO #35 Kean
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
103 Orders and Directs the New Jersey Statewide Consumer Advisory Board of the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired is reconstituted and redenominated the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Rehabilitation Advisory Council. 09/28/93
See
EO #110 Florio
and
EO #108 Whitman
104 Orders and Directs the establishment of an Aquaculture Development Task Force which shall draft the State Aquaculture Development Plan. 10/05/93
105 Orders and Directs the flags of the United States of America and the State of New Jersey be flown at half-staff in recognition and in memory of Army Specialists Dominick M.Pilla and James E. Smith. 10/06/93
106 Orders and Directs NJ Independent Living Advisory Council redenominated NJ Independent Living Council as separate entity in, but not of, NJ DOL which shall develop a State plan as required in Title VII, Part A, Section 704 of P.L. 102-569. 10/15/93
107 Orders and Directs the Commissioner of Labor is designated to act on behalf of the Governor in the planning, administration, coordination and oversight of programs under the JTPA and, to the extent not inconsistent with the JTPA or State law, shall have sole authority to apply for federal funds under the JTPA. 10/21/93
108 Orders and directs establishment of Governor's Commission on Women's Health. 10/20/93
109 Orders and directs creation of Task Force for Review of the Farmland Assessment Program to conduct a comprehensive review of the Program. 10/25/93
Rescinded by
EO #40 Christie
110 Orders and directs NJ Advisory Board for Vocational Rehab. of the Div. of Vocational Rehab. Svcs. be reconstituted as the NJ Div. of Rehab. Svcs. Rehab. Advisory Council as a separate entity apart from any State agency, etc. 10/29/93
See
EO #103 Florio
and
EO #108
Whitman
111 Reconvenes the New Jersey Commission on Environmental Education which will consist of 27 members and will support an annual Environmental Education Week and other activities designed to foster environmental awareness. 11/15/93
112 Granted November 26, 1993, the day following Thanksgiving, as a day off to employees who work in the Executive Departments of State Government. 11/19/93
113 Directs the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (DEPE) to conduct a pilot pest control program using IPM techniques for DEPE buildings and grounds. Results will be used to provide assistance to other State agencies and instrumentalities on the use of IPM techniques and develop model contract language for State procurement of pest control services utilizing IPM methods. 12/23/93
114 Orders and directs all State departments and agencies adopt and incorporate the policies which correspond to the State Plan and focus on encouraging growth and development at locations and in patterns recommended by the strategies and policies contained in the Plan. 01/11/94
115 Establishes an interagency State Hazard Mitigation Team whose participants will evaluate hazard mitigation initiatives based on current agency policies and programs. 01/11/94