Continues
Executive orders #51, 110, 173 and 217 (Kean). Continued by
Executive Order #19 Whitman.
WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 51 created a Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse to (a)
study the problem of child abuse in New Jersey and make recommendations
for corrective action, (b) educate the public about this problem
and offer prevention strategies, (c) develop mechanisms to facilitate
early detection of child abuse, furnish appropriate services to
the victims of child abuse and their families, and foster cooperative
working relationships between responsible agencies, and (d) provide
other information on child abuse as the Governor may request; and
WHEREAS, the
Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse was to conclude its work by
January 1, 1985; and
WHEREAS, the
Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse was subsequently renamed the
Governor's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, was continued
in existence for additional two year periods by Executive Orders
No. 110, 173, and 217 and expired on December 31, 1991; and
WHEREAS, there
continues to be a need for the Task Force to educate the community
and make the public aware of this serious social problem, to prevent
child abuse and neglect, to coordinate activities relating to child
abuse and neglect, and to ensure community support for these child
protection measures;
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 Governor's
Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect is continued in existence
until December 31, 1993, retroactive to December 31, 1991.
2. Except
as expressly provided herein, the powers and responsibilities
of the Task Force pursuant to Executive Order No. 51, No. 110,
Executive Order No. 173 and Executive Order No. 217 are continued.
3. The Task
Force may solicit, receive, disburse and monitor grants and other
funds available from any governmental, public, private, not-for-profit
or for-profit source, including, but not limited, to funding available
under any federal or State law, regulation or program.
4. The Department
of Human Services is authorized and directed to furnish the Task
Force with such staff, office space and supplies as necessary
to accomplish the purpose of this Order.
5. All other
provisions of Executive Order No. 51, Executive Order No. 110,
Executive Order No. 173 and Executive Order No. 217 shall remain
in full force and effect without any modification.
6. This
Order shall take effect immediately and shall expire on December
31, 1993.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal this
24th day of January in the Year of Our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
ninety-two, and of the Independence
of the United States, the two hundred
and sixteenth.
Respectfully,
/s/
James J. Florio
Governor
Attest:
/s/
M. Robert DeCotiis
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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