Gov. Dukakis's Executive Orders
| EO No. |
Year |
Mass. Reg. No. |
Title/Subject |
| 250 |
1985 |
455 |
Establishing the Massachusetts Occupational Information Coordinating Committee. Revoking 2 EO 140 and 207 and Superseding 2 EO 247. |
| 251 |
1985 |
461 |
Combustion Toxicity and Fire Safety Commission; Amending 2 EO 249. Revoked by 2 EO 275. |
| 252 |
1985 |
462 |
Establishing the Massachusetts State Council on Vocational Education; Superseding and Revoking 2 EO 138. |
| 253 |
1985 |
465 |
Vietnam Era Veteran's Affirmative Action Program; Amending 2 EO 227 and 235. Revoked and superseded by 2 EO 452. |
| 254 |
1985 |
466 |
Establishing the Governor's Advisory Committee on the Impact of the Nuclear Arms Race on Massachusetts. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 255 |
1985 |
478 |
Establishing the Governor's Advisory Council on Small Business; Revoking 2 EO 196. Amended by 2 EO 256. |
| 256 |
1985 |
482 |
Revoking 2 EO 196 and Amending 2 EO 255; Amending the Name Previously Established under 2 EO 255, Known as the Governor's Advisory Council on Small Business, to the Governor's Business Advisory Council. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 257 |
1985 |
490 |
Establishing a Refugee Policy for the Comm. and Designating the Mass. Office of Refugee Resettlement (M.O.R.R.) as Having Responsibility for Refugee Affairs in the Commonwealth. Amended by 2 EO 265. Revoked by 2 EO 361. |
| 258 |
1986 |
504 |
Establishing an Industrial Accident Board Nominating Panel to Advise the governor with Respect to the Appointment of Administrative Judges and Administrative Law Judges. Superseded and revoked by 2 EO 298 and 323. |
| 259 |
1986 |
505 |
Creating the Human Resource Center Advisory Council. Rescinded by 2 EO 321. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 260 |
1986 |
509 |
Establishing the Massachusetts Advisory Commission to Commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Superseded by 2 EO 307. |
| 261 |
1986 |
509 |
Allocating of Private Activity Bond Cap; Amending 2 EO 248. Amended by 2 EO 262. |
| 262 |
1986 |
517 |
Allocation of Private Activity Bond Cap. Amending 2 EO 248 and 261. |
| 263 |
1986 |
517 |
Allocation of Nonessential Function Bond Volume Cap Pursuant to House Res. 3838. Revoked by 2 EO 266. |
| 264 |
1986 |
520 |
Implementation of the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1984, P.L. 98-527. Revoking 2 EO 122 and 141. Superseded and revoked by 2 EO 315. |
| 265 |
1986 |
536 |
Office of Refugee Resettlement; Amending 2 EO 257. Revoked by 2 EO 361. |
| 266 |
1986 |
542 |
Allocation of Private Activity Bond Volume Cap; Revoking 2 EO 263. |
| 267 |
1987 |
547 |
Governor's Statewide Anti-Crime Council. Revoking and superseding 2 EO 226. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 268 |
1987 |
547 |
Establishing the Office of Quality Assurance for the Mental Retardation Consent Decrees (OQA) and Advisory Committee to the OQA. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 269 |
1987 |
549 |
Creating Minority Business Development Commission to Promote Minority Business in the Commonwealth. |
| 270 |
1987 |
549 |
Allocation of Low Income Rental Housing Tax Credit Cap Pursuant to the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Superseded by 2 EO 271 and 291. |
| 271 |
1987 |
551 |
Allocation of Low Income Rental Housing Tax Credit Cap. Superseding 2 EO 270. Superseded by 2 EO 291. |
| 272 |
1987 |
551 |
Commonwealth of Mass. Employees Campaign (COMEC); Superseding 2 EO 243. Revoked and superseded by 2 EO 354. |
| 273 |
1987 |
551 |
Establishing the Judicial Nominating Council; Revoking 2 EO 228. Revoked by 2 EO 299 and 304 and Superseded by 2 EO 318, 355, and 420. |
| 274 |
1987 |
555 |
Establishing the Governor's Advisory Committee on Women's Issues; Superseding 2 EO 230. Superseded by 2 EO 306 and 313. |
| 275 |
1987 |
556 |
Establishing Governor's Commission on Fire Safety, Combustion Toxicity and Combustibility; Revoking 2 EO 249 and 251. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 276 |
1987 |
558 |
Establishing the Massachusetts Emergency Response Commission. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 277 |
1987 |
567 |
Establishment of a Public Safety Council; Superseding 2 EO 128, 129 and 233. |
| 278 |
1987 |
567 |
Establishment of Governor's Advisory Committee on Veterans'Affairs; Superseding 2 EO 162 and 177. Revoked and superseded by 2 EO 363. |
| 279 |
1988 |
583 |
Recycled Materials Procurement Plan. Designation of the Center of Excellence at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to study chloroflourocarbons. |
| 280 |
1989 |
601 |
The Use of Grant Money Under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act to Provide Local Police with Alternatives to Juvenile Lock-Up Detention. Superseded and Revoked by 2 EO 339. |
| 281 |
1989 |
601 |
Regulating State Contracts withe Companies Doing Business with South Africa or Namibia because of Apartheid. Revoked and Superseded by 2 EO 288. |
| 282 |
1989 |
605 |
Establishing a Public Integrity Policy for the Commonwealth. |
| 283 |
1989 |
609 |
Establishes the Governor's Advisory Committee on Information Technology; Revoking 2 EO 231. Revoked by 2 EO 326. |
| 284 |
1989 |
615 |
Establishes the Higher Education Nominating Council Who Choose Candidates for the Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees for Public Colleges and Universities. Superseded by 2 EO 309. |
| 285 |
1990 |
626 |
Establishes a Housing Assistance Pilot Program. The Secretary of the Office of Communities and Development Contracted with the Lynn Housing Authority to Administrate all Rental Housing Assistance Programs Funded through the Executive Office of Communities and Development Located in Lynn. |
| 286 |
1990 |
627 |
Software Copyright Compliance within State Government. |
| 287 |
1990 |
633 |
Establishment of the Massachusetts Housing Partnership. Because of the critical need for low and moderate income housing the Executive Office of Communities and Development will expand the development and preservation of housing through public/private partnerships. |
| 288 |
1990 |
638 |
Revoking and Superseding 2 EO 281. Because Namibia gained its independence on March 21, 1990, they are eliminated from the prohibited procurement list. South Africa is still on the list. Revoked by 2 EO 359. |
| 289 |
1990 |
644 |
Evelyn Murphy as Acting Governor signed the Open books and Balanced Budget EO Every month within 5 days of the final revenue receipts or the final payment of bills, whichever is later, A & F will submit a monthly balanced books report to the Governor and the Clerks of the House and Senate. |
| 290 |
1990 |
644 |
Evelyn Murphy signed this EO on the Reduction of the Size of the Executive Branch of State Government. |
| 291 |
1990 |
650 |
Assignment of State Ceiling for Tax Credit for Low Income Rental Housing Pursuant to U.S. IRS Code Section 42; Superseding 2 EO 270 and 271. This is in effect each year that the Congress extends the low-income housing tax credit. |
| 292 |
1990 |
651 |
Reestablish a Governor's Highway Safety Bureau to be funded by federal grants and to accept private trust fund monies when appropriate. Revoked by 2 EO 508. |
| 293 |
1990 |
652 |
Policy on Permanent Paper. All departments and executive branch subdivisions shall use permanent paper in the preparation of public records and publications of enduring value. |
| 294 |
1990 |
652 |
The Governor's Commission on the Benjamin Franklin Trust Fund. The Commission will decide how to use the 4.4 million dollars from Franklin's will and codicil. Revoked by 2 EO 383. |
| 295 |
1990 |
652 |
No Contract in Excess of $100,000.00 shall be entered into by any agency within the Executive Department. This shall be in effect for 90 days or until amended, superseded or revoked. |
| 296 |
1990 |
652 |
No employee shall be hired without prior written approval of the Secretary of Administration and Finance. This does not apply to Governor's appointments. It will be in effect for 90 days or until amended, superseded or revoked. |
