Executive Order 6

WHERE:AS, WH ERt:AS I \~HC:Rt::AS I WHl::REAS, WHEIH::AS, rf~k.~k.-~k, J!lwmtilrr lID£.VruilU.l'nt "' IN THE NAME ANO BY THE AUTHORITY or THE STATE Of IOWA EXECUTIVE ORDER NUM~ER SIX the Miasissippi Riv'!r has been and continues to ' be a cri~ical natural resource of this state, vital co lt3 commerce and important to the recreational and aesthe tic needs of the people of this state; and careful, coordinated planning and intP.rstatP. communication and cooperation is essential to the continued ability of the Upper Mississippi River System to fulfill its historic functions; and prior to the t~rmination of the Upper Missidsippi Riv'!r Baa in · commission, the Governors of the Stdtes of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and ~isconsin by joint resolution of August, 1981, endorsed the creation of a succes1'0C' aC)ency to the C:o1n1nission to ma in ta in co111munica tion and cooperation amonq the st-ltes on 1a.itte cs related co W!lter resources planning and management; and in Oecembec, 1981, cepresantatives of the States of Iowa, Illinoi1', Minne5ota, Missouci and Wisconsin met and adopted on behalf of thesP. statP.s Articles of Association creating the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association; and pur:rnant to Presidential Exec•Jtive Order Number 12319 the member stat'!1' accepted the tcansfec of the assets of the Commission to the Association foe its stated purpose; and ~ the Association fulfills the functions and activit ies cecommended in the joint Gove cnoc.'3 ' resolution: and the State of lowa wiahes to continue and reaffirm its membership and participation in the Association. NOW, THl::REFORt:, I, Tecry E. Branstad, Governor of the Stace of Iowa, by virtue of lhe authority vested in me by the la~s and Constitution of the State of Iowa do her·1by order that: l. M~cognizing thdt the Upper Mississippi River na3in As3ociation hd3 been and continues to be ~n instrumentality of the states of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin for water re~ources planning, communication, and coordination in the Upper Mississippi River System, this state's membership in the Association is reaffirmed and continued . ATTEST: IL 'rhe approrr.iate 4dministrative a']encies, boards, and commissions of this state and their respectiv~ employees are directed to cooperate with and assist the Association in its activities. III. The Association is authori3ed to undettaka such activities and programs in regard to the Upper Mississippi River System as the st~te · representatives to the Association muy decide amony themselves or as the states may be authoriz~d by Congress provided those activities are consistent with its purposes as stated in its Articles of Association and provided they do not violate the Compact Clause of the United States Constitution. IV. Th~ Association shall continue to operate according to its Articles of Association and By-laws ag those documents now read and as they may, from time to time, be amended. v. tn the event of the termination of the Associa- tion, its assets . shall be distributed to the member states of the Association as provid~d in its Articles and By-laws. IN TSSTIMONY WHER~OF, I have here unto subscribed my naine, and cauded the Great Seal of the State of Iowa to be affixed. Done at D~s Moines thi.'! ".).-;.,...l day of Nov~-.-_\,..,.,- in the yeaeofour Lord ·one - thousand nine hundred eighty-three.