Executive orders · Governor Robert D. Ray
Executive Order 37
Signed by Governor Robert D. Ray on July 2, 1980.
What it does
AI summary This order creates the Governor's Life Cycle Purchasing Advisory Committee to recommend ways for state and local governments to save money and energy through better purchasing methods. The committee will work with the Energy Policy Council and receive support from the Board of Regents, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of General Services. The committee must meet as often as needed to provide a report of its recommendations to the Governor by December 1, 1980.1
The Legislature’s description: Creates the Governor’s Life Cycle Purchasing Advisory Committee, which together with the Energy Policy Council will offer recommendations on purchasing procedures.
Read the order
WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, INTHE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY Of THE STATE OF IOWA EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 3 7 the price of electricity, fuel oil, natural gas and other energy sources has been rapidly escalating and is expected to continue upward; and three hundred different energy consumi ng devices with varying efficiencies are being purchased continually by state and local government; and private business, state and local government, and professional organizations have collective experiences in 'life cycle purchasing analysis which could produce savings of energy and money for taxpayers; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert D. Ray, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of Iowa do hereby create the Governor's Life Cycle Purchasing Advisory Committee to recommend improvements in ~::s c~r=-c::t ~etho~:: cf go"=,,"'Crnment purch.?..sing whic!1 would yield a cost and energy savings to state and local governments. The Committee will receive the full support and cooperation of the State's three principal purchasing centers: the Board of Regents, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of General Services. Likewise, through committee membership, local govern- ment will be encouraged to fully and actively participate. The Committee will be assisted and advised by the Energy Policy Council which will coordinate preparation of the Committee's reporting and recommendations. The Committee shall meet as often as necessary during the remainder of this year so that its report and recommendations will be available to the Governor by December 1, 1980 . This. report should contain recommended changes in the Iowa statutes, local ordinances, administrative rul es, or operating practices which would lead to reduction of life cycle procurement local government. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the State of Iowa to be affixed. Done at Des Moines this 2nd day of July in the year of our Lo r d one thousand nine hun red and eighty.
From the text in the order’s PDF. Older orders were scanned, so a few words may be garbled; the signed PDF is the official version.
Printed in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin, III, No. 2 (07/23/1980) p. 99.