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2013 Executive Orders

Here you will find Governor Deal's executive orders. These orders are legal instruments by which Governor Deal carries out the duties of his office.

05.15.13.01 Re-affirming state sovereignty in regards to education
05.13.13.01 Lowering flags to half-staff on May 15, 2013, in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day
05.07.13.02 Transferring assets from Georgia Medical Center Authority to Georgia Regents University
05.07.13.01 Transferring assignment of the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy, Georgia Board of Dentistry, and Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency from the Secretary of State to the Department of Community Health
04.29.13.01 Suspending Mr. James H. Brooks, Sr. as Mayor Pro Tem and City Commissioner of the City of Brunswick
04.19.13.01 Appointing the Review Commission to consider the indictment of City of Brunswick Mayor Pro Tem and City Commissioner, James H. Brooks, Sr.
04.16.13.02 Assembling the Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant Program Funding Committee
04.16.13.01 Lowering flags to half staff as a mark of respect for those involved in the tragic event in Boston, Massachusetts
04.12.13.01 Creating the Georgia Women’s Garden Commission
04.05.13.01 Ordering flags to half-staff in honor and memory of Retired Army Colonel Benjamin Harrison Purcell, Jr.
04.04.13.01 Making the levy for state ad valorem taxation for Fiscal Year 2014
04.01.13.07 Transferring property from the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice to the Georgia Department of Corrections
04.01.13.06 Transferring property from the Georgia Department of Corrections to the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
04.01.13.05 Transferring property from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture
04.01.13.04 Authorizing the demolition and removal of certain buildings by the Georgia Forestry Commission
04.01.13.03 Authorizing the demolition and removal of certain buildings from the University of North Georgia
04.01.13.02 Authorizing the demolition and removal of certain buildings from Georgia Southwestern State University
04.01.13.01 Authorizing the demolition and removal of certain buildings from the University of West Georgia
03.29.13.09 Appointing the Honorable Louisa Abbot as Chair of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.29.13.08 Appointing the Honorable W. Jackson Winter, Jr. as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
03.29.13.07 Reappointing the Honorable Greer A. Johnson as a member of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association
03.29.13.06 Reappointing the Honorable W. Perry Tindol as a member of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association
03.29.13.05 Appointing the Honorable Larry B. Mims as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System
03.29.13.04 Reappointing the Honorable Daniel J. Craig as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Judicial Retirement System
03.29.13.03 Appointing the Honorable Michael J. Bolden as a member of the Georgia Utilities Facility Protection Act Advisory Committee
03.29.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Janet M. Sherlock as a member of the Georgia Technology Authority
03.29.13.01 Reappointing the Honorable R. “Rick” Smith as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.18 Reappointing the Honorable Alfred “Bill” Jones as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
03.22.13.17 Regarding the reappointment of the Honorable Faison Middleton as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Student Finance Commission
03.22.13.16 Appointing the Honorable Joseph A. Surber III as a member of the Georgia Technology Authority
03.22.13.15 Appointing the Honorable Theresa Fisher as a member of the State Workforce Investment Board
03.22.13.14 Appointing the Honorable Fred E. Stephens as a member of the Board of Juvenile Justice
03.22.13.13 Appointing the Honorable Dick Yarbrough as a member of the Board of Juvenile Justice
03.22.13.12 Appointing the Honorable Chuck Hufstetler as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.11 Appointing the Honorable Emanuel Jones as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.10 Appointing the Honorable Timothy Barr as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.09 Appointing the Honorable Alisha Thomas Morgan as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.08 Appointing the Honorable Elizabeth L. Branch as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.07 Reappointing the Honorable Lisa C. Rambo as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.06 Reappointing the Honorable Roger Tutterow as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.05 Reappointing the Honorable Charles C. Clay as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.04 Reappointing the Honorable R. Michael Key as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.03 Reappointing the Honorable Thomas R. Campbell as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.02 Reappointing the Honorable Louisa Abbot as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.22.13.01 Reappointing the Honorable A. Quillian Baldwin, Jr. as a member of the Georgia Commission on Child Support
03.20.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Donna S. Gopaul as Solicitor-General of Forsyth County
03.15.13.19 Appointing the Honorable Jannine Miller as a member of the Employee Benefit Plan Council
03.15.13.18 Reappointing the Honorable Mary Frances Bowley as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence
03.15.13.17 Reappointing the Honorable J. Robert Thornton as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence
03.15.13.16 Appointing the Honorable Carter Brown as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Superior Court Clerks’ Retirement Fund of Georgia
03.15.13.15 Appointing the Honorable Thomas Worthy as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Superior Court Clerks’ Retirement Fund of Georgia
03.15.13.14 Reappointing the Honorable Eunice L. Mixon as a member of the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists
03.15.13.13 Reappointing the Honorable Richard P. Long as a member of the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists
03.15.13.12 Reappointing the Honorable Tommy D. Black as a member of the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists
03.15.13.11 Appointing the Honorable Arthur J. Williams as a member of the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists
03.15.13.10 Appointing the Honorable Johnny Grant as a member of the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
03.15.13.09 Reappointing the Honorable James J. Childre, Jr. as a member of the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
03.15.13.08 Appointing the Honorable George M. McCluskey III as a member of the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
03.15.13.07 Reappointing the Honorable Mark Hanly as a member of the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
03.15.13.06 Appointing the Honorable David B. Kay as a member of the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce
03.15.13.05 Appointing the Honorable Duke C. Blackburn, Jr. as a member of the Board of Corrections
03.15.13.04 Appointing the Honorable Ames M. Barnett as a member of the State Workforce Investment Board
03.15.13.03 Appointing the Honorable Earl L. “Buddy” Carter as a member of the State Workforce Investment Board
03.15.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Karen Viera as a member of the State Workforce Investment Board
03.15.13.01 Regarding the appointment of Beth M. Herman as a member of the State Workforce Investment Board
03.13.13.01 Appointing members to the DeKalb County Board of Education
03.11.13.01 Establishing a Statewide Public Safety Interoperability Executive Committee for the State of Georgia
03.08.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Jeffrey H. Korotkin as a member of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
03.07.13.02 Offering a reward regarding the death of Terrance Tyron Thomas
03.07.13.01 Authorizing the demolition of certain buildings from Gordon State College
03.06.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Russell S. Thomas as Solicitor-General of Putnam County
03.05.13.01 Creating the Georgia Hospital Medicaid Financial Program Advisory Committee
03.01.13.19 Appointing the Honorable Billy Mitchell as a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee
03.01.13.18 Appointing the Honorable Tom Taylor as a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee
03.01.13.17 Appointing the Honorable Lynne Riley as a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee
03.01.13.16 Appointing the Honorable Steve Gooch as a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee
03.01.13.15 Appointing the Honorable Gloria Butler as a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee
03.01.13.14 Appointing the Honorable Hunter Hill as a member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee
03.01.13.13 Appointing the Honorable Richard L. Hyde as a member of the Judicial Qualifications Commission
03.01.13.12 Appointing the Honorable Frank R. McKay as chairman of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation
03.01.13.11 Appointing the Honorable Don L. Waters as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
03.01.13.10 Appointing the Honorable Steve Oldaker as a member of the Statewide Independent Living Council
03.01.13.09 Appointing the Honorable Tripp Strickland as a member of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
03.01.13.08 Appointing the Honorable Robert Fitzgerald as a member of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
03.01.13.07 Appointing the Honorable Roy “Reg” Gilbreath as a member of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
03.01.13.06 Appointing the Honorable James Rush, Jr. as a member of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
03.01.13.05 Appointing the Honorable James R. Laine as a member of the State Employees Benefit Council
03.01.13.04 Appointing the Honorable Carlton Lenoir as a member of the State Employees Benefit Council
03.01.13.03 Reappointing the Honorable Monirah T. Womack as a member of the State Employees Benefit Council
03.01.13.02 Reappointing the Honorable Robert Joseph as a member of the State Personnel Board
03.01.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Taylor Hanson Haley as a member of the State Personnel Board
02.28.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Robert “Bert” W. Guy, Jr. as a member of the Judicial Nominating Commission
02.25.13.01 Regarding the DeKalb County Board of Education
02.21.13.05 Appointing the Honorable Linda K. Davis as Senior Judge of the Probate Courts of Georgia
02.21.13.04 Appointing the Honorable Sadie W. Voyles as Senior Judge of the Probate Courts of Georgia
02.21.13.03 Appointing the Honorable Lillis J. Brown as Senior Judge of the Probate Courts of Georgia
02.21.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Andrew Bennett as Senior Judge of the Probate Courts of Georgia
02.21.13.01 Appointing Jeremy Dean Grimm as Special Officer, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
02.18.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Henry R. Thompson as State Court Judge of Cobb County
02.15.13.11 Appointing the Honorable Alfred “Bill” Jones as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
02.15.13.10 Appointing the Honorable Amanda H. Mercier as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence
02.15.13.09 Appointing the Honorable Juanita P. Stedman as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence
02.15.13.08 Appointing the Honorable Philip T. Raymond III as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence
02.15.13.07 Appointing the Honorable Joseph R. Johnson, Jr. as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence
02.15.13.06 Reappointing the Honorable Denise Marshall as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence
02.15.13.05 Appointing the Honorable Phil Jones as a member of the Georgia Southern University’s Herty Center Advisory Board
02.15.13.04 Appointing the Honorable G. Scott McCoy as a member of the Georgia Southern University’s Herty Center Advisory Board
02.15.13.03 Appointing the Honorable Trip Tollison as a member of the Georgia Southern University’s Herty Center Advisory Board
02.15.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Kelvin J. Cochran as a member of the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council
02.15.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Krishna B. Mohan as a member of the Georgia Composite Medical Board
02.12.13.03 Approving the issuance of bonds by the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority
02.12.13.02 Authorizing the Georgia Department of Education to provide for the demolition of certain structures at the Georgia School for the Deaf
02.12.13.01 Authorizing the Georgia Department of Corrections to provide for the demolition of The Wardlow House
02.11.13.02 Approving the 2013 Qualified Allocation Plan
02.11.13.01 Regarding the appointment of the Honorable Robert D. Leebern, Jr. as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
02.08.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Lisa Y. Kinnemore as a member of the State Board of Education
02.08.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Sandra B. Reed as a member of the State Board of Education
02.07.13.03 Creating the Race to the Top Innovation Fund Board
02.07.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Douglas Duncan, Jr. as Vice-Chairman of the State Workforce Investment Board
02.07.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Wendell Dallas as Chairman of the State Workforce Investment Board
02.01.13.12 Appointing the Honorable Trip Addison as a member of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
02.01.13.11 Appointing the Honorable Gilbert C. Barrett as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
02.01.13.10 Appointing the Honorable Robert Cowles III as a member of the Governor’s Commission on 9-1-1- System Modernization and Balancing Funding Model
02.01.13.09 Appointing the Honorable Jeff B. Sinyard as a member of the Governor’s Commission on 9-1-1 System Modernization and Balancing Funding Model
02.01.13.08 Reappointing the Honorable William F. Doverspike as a member of the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
02.01.13.07 Reappointing the Honorable Jackie T. Gibbs as a member of the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council
02.01.13.06 Appointing the Honorable Thomas “Mike” Phelps, Jr. as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
02.01.13.05 Appointing the Honorable William Bagwell, Jr. as a member of the North Georgia Mountains Authority
02.01.13.04 Appointing the Honorable Nancy Addison as a member of the North Georgia Mountains Authority
02.01.13.03 Appointing the Honorable Delos Yancey as a member of the North Georgia Mountains Authority
02.01.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Dwight Davis as a member of the North Georgia Mountains Authority
02.01.13.01 Regarding the appointment of the Honorable Chris Clark as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.30.13.01 Issuing a State of Emergency in Bartow and Gordon Counties
01.28.13.02 Authorizing the demolition and removal of buildings from the University of Georgia Health Sciences Campus
01.28.13.01 Offering a reward regarding the death of Hannah Truelove
01.26.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Josh Bonner as a member of the Georgia Real Estate Commission
01.25.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Joseph M. Terrell as a member of the Board of Public Safety
01.25.13.01 Reappointing the Honorable J. Irene Pennington as a member of the Board of Public Safety
01.24.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Carla Wong McMillian as Judge of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
01.18.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Clint Bearden as a member of the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority
01.18.13.01 Reappointing the Honorable Stephan Holcomb as a member of the Georgia Board of Dentistry
01.16.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Moses Ector as a member of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission
01.16.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Teresa MacCartney as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation
01.15.13.02 Authorizing the demolition and removal of buildings from the University of Georgia
01.15.13.01 Authorizing the demolition and removal of a building from Southern Polytechnic State University
01.14.13.02 Regarding the Georgia Disaster Recovery and Redevelopment Plan
01.14.13.01 Regarding the Georgia Emergency Operations Plan
01.11.13.12 Appointing the Honorable Paul Shailendra as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.11.13.11 Appointing the Honorable Anthony Waters as a member of the Consumer Advisory Board
01.11.13.10 Appointing the Honorable William Bornstein as a member of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
01.11.13.09 Appointing the Honorable Chris Clark as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.11.13.08 Appointing the Honorable Amy Hooper as a member of the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Practical Nurses
01.11.13.07 Appointing the Honorable Tracy Gay as a member of the Board of Dentistry
01.11.13.06 Appointing the Honorable Janis Mangum as a member of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
01.11.13.05 Appointing the Honorable Jeff Wigington as a member of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
01.11.13.04 Appointing the Honorable Scott Berry as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriff’s Retirement Fund of Georgia
01.11.13.03 Appointing the Honorable Frank Andrews as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriff’s Retirement Fund of Georgia
01.11.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Ted Jackson as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriff’s Retirement Fund of Georgia
01.11.13.01 Appointing Special Counsels to represent the subjects of grievances filed with the State Bar of Georgia
01.10.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Leslie Abernathy Maddox as State Court Judge of Forsyth County
01.10.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Philip C. Smith as Superior Court Judge of the Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit
01.09.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Wayne D. McLocklin as Superior Court Judge of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit
01.09.13.01 Appointing the Honorable R. Michael Gailey, Jr. as State Court Judge of Putnam County
01.07.13.02 Appointing the Honorable George F. Hutchinson, III as Superior Court Judge of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit
01.07.13.01 Appointing the Honorable C. Jean Bolin as State Court Judge of McIntosh County
01.02.13.61 Appointing the Honorable Joyce Stevens as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.60 Appointing the Honorable Carolyn Crayton as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.59 Reappointing the Honorable Rayna Casey as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation
01.02.13.58 Appointing the Honorable Brian Daniel as a member of the Board of Governors of the George L. Smith II World Congress Center Authority
01.02.13.57 Appointing the Honorable Spurgeon Ambrose as a member of the Board of Juvenile Justice
01.02.13.56 Appointing the Honorable George Hooks as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.55 Appointing the Honorable Don Howard as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Student Finance Commission
01.02.13.54 Appointing the Honorable Doug Carter as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.02.13.53 Appointing the Honorable Otis Raybon as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.02.13.52 Appointing the Honorable John “Pepper” Bullock as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.02.13.51 Appointing the Honorable Ben Tarbutton, Jr. as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.02.13.50 Appointing the Honorable Ben Copeland, Sr. as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.02.13.49 Reappointing the Honorable James Gingrey as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.02.13.48 Appointing the Honorable Mary Flanders as a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Board
01.02.13.47 Appointing the Honorable Judy Neal as a member of the Board of Early Care and Learning
01.02.13.46 Appointing the Honorable Kay Ford as a member of the Board of Early Care and Learning
01.02.13.45 Appointing the Honorable Elaine Snow as a member of the Board of Juvenile Justice
01.02.13.44 Appointing the Honorable David Addleton as a member of the Consumer Advisory Board
01.02.13.43 Appointing the Honorable Cecil Bonner as a member of the Consumer Advisory Board
01.02.13.42 Appointing the Honorable Carl Cansino as a member of the Consumer Advisory Board
01.02.13.41 Appointing the Honorable John Mayes as a member of the Board of Corrections
01.02.13.40 Appointing the Honorable Bruce Hudson as a member of the Board of Corrections
01.02.13.39 Appointing the Honorable Roger Garrison as a member of the Board of Corrections
01.02.13.38 Appointing the Honorable Carl Franklin as a member of the Board of Corrections
01.02.13.37 Appointing the Honorable James “Billy” Crocker as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.36 Appointing the Honorable Bebe Heiskell as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.35 Appointing the Honorable James “Trey” Allen as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.34 Appointing the Honorable William “Bill” Dewrell as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.33 Appointing the Honorable H. Clifford Sheppard as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.32 Appointing the Honorable Frank Turner, Jr. as a member of the Board of Community Affairs
01.02.13.31 Appointing the Honorable Nancy Addison as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.30 Appointing the Honorable Philip A. Wilheit, Jr. as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.29 Appointing the Honorable Philip C. Watt as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.28 Appointing the Honorable Delos Yancey as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.27 Appointing the Honorable Duncan Johnson, Sr. as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.26 Appointing the Honorable Robert D. Leebern, Jr. as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.25 Appointing the Honorable Ray Lambert, Jr. as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.24 Appointing the Honorable Dwight Davis as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.23 Appointing the Honorable Jeff B. Sinyard as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.22 Appointing the Honorable Mark V. Smith as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
01.02.13.21 Appointing the Honorable John J. Neely III as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.20 Appointing the Honorable Larry Hutcheson as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.19 Appointing the Honorable Charles Tarbutton as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.18 Appointing the Honorable Paul Wood as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.17 Appointing the Honorable Kent Fountain as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.16 Appointing the Honorable Bob Kinard as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.15 Appointing the Honorable Wayne Christian as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.14 Appointing the Honorable Paul Bowers as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.13 Appointing the Honorable Randall Pugh as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.12 Appointing the Honorable Philip Tomlinson as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.11 Appointing the Honorable Mark Glass as a member of the Board of Economic Development
01.02.13.10 Appointing the Honorable Larry Winter as a member of the State Board of Education
01.02.13.09 Appointing the Honorable Scott Johnson as a member of the State Board of Education
01.02.13.08 Appointing the Honorable Rogers Wade as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.07 Appointing the Honorable Scott Smith as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.06 Appointing the Honorable Lori Durden as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.05 Appointing the Honorable Neil L. Pruitt, Jr. as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.04 Appointing the Honorable Benjamin J. Tarbutton III as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.03 Appointing the Honorable Philip Wilheit as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.02 Appointing the Honorable Rutledge A. Griffin, Jr. as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
01.02.13.01 Appointing the Honorable Larry Ellis as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
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