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EXECUTIVE ORDER 2002-08 THE STATE OF ARIZONA TELEWORK PROGRAM (Supersedes Executive Order 93-16) WHEREAS, the State of Arizona, as a large employer, is required to reduce employee work trips in order to decrease air pollution; and WHEREAS, the State of Arizona Telework Program was established by Executive Order 93-16 after the State of Arizona successfully demonstrated that telework is a viable management option and trip reduction strategy; and WHEREAS, the State of Arizona Telework Program has been recognized internationally as a model program and resource for other employers by demonstrating that telework reduces air pollution and gasoline consumption, increases employee productivity and morale due to an improved working environment, reduces employee turnover and attracts qualified new employees to State service; and WHEREAS, the State of Arizona Telework Program has achieved the goal set by Operation Ozone that mandated all State agencies, boards and commissions to implement the State of Arizona Telework Program with the goal of having fifteen percent of State employees in Maricopa County actively participate. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jane Dee Hull, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the Constitution and the laws of the State of Arizona, and because of the outstanding environmental and business benefits of telework, do hereby advance the State's telework mandate that every State agency, board and commission implement the State of Arizona Telework Program with the goal of achieving a twenty percent active participation rate among State employees in Maricopa County. Additionally, all State telecommuters will be asked to work from home or a remote location close to home during all High Pollution Advisories to reduce the number of State employees commuting on these days. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
Jane Dee Hull
Governor
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix this Thirteenth day of May Two Thousand and Two and of the Independence of the United States of America the Two Hundred and Twenty Sixth. ATTEST:
Betsey Bayless
Secretary of State
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2002-9 ESTABLISHING AN AGRICULTURAL WATER CONSERVATION BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the 1980 Groundwater Code requires the Director of the Department of Water Resources to adopt a series of five groundwater management plans for areas of the state known as active management areas, and to include in each plan a Base Agricultural Conservation Program that requires persons using groundwater for irrigation purposes to comply with irrigation water duties and maximum annual groundwater allotments; and WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Water Resources has delayed adoption of the Base Agricultural Conservation Program in the management plans for the third management period, 2000 to 2010, due to issues raised by agricultural interests to the seasonal irrigation efficiency assumed in the proposed irrigation water duties included in the draft management plans for the third management period; and WHEREAS, on September 18, 2001, the Director of the Department of Water Resources and various agricultural interests entered into a written agreement to support legislation prescribing the seasonal irrigation efficiency to be used in calculating Volume 8, Issues 1-26 Page 12 June 30, 2002
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the irrigation water duties for most farms in the third, fourth and fifth management plans, requiring the Director to include a Best Management Practices Program in the third management plan as an alternative to the Base Agricultural Conservation Program, and providing that the Director may include a Best Management Practices Program in the fourth and fifth management plans; and WHEREAS, the agreement further provides that upon enactment of the legislation, the Director of the Department of Water Resources agrees to establish an Agricultural Water Conservation Best Management Practices Advisory Committee to advise the Director on the development of an interim Best Management Practices Program for inclusion in the third management plan and the development of an Agricultural Best Management Practices Program for the fourth and fifth management plans; and WHEREAS, the legislation was passed by the Legislature on March 25, 2002 as House Bill 2022 and was signed by the Governor on March 28, 2002; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jane Dee Hull, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor by the Arizona Constitution and laws of the State, do hereby order an Agricultural Water Conservation Best Management Practices Advisory Committee to be established for the purpose of advising the Director of the Department of Water Resources on the development of an interim Best Management Practices Program for inclusion in the third management plan and the development of an Agricultural Best Management Practices Program for consideration by the Director for inclusion in the fourth and fifth management plans. 1. The Advisory Committee shall consist of: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. 2. 3. The Director of the Department of Water Resources or the Director's designee. The Director of the Department of Agriculture or the Director's designee. The Director of the United States Department of Agriculture, Water Conservation Laboratory, or the Director's designee. Four persons actively engaged in agricultural production in an active management area, of which two have expressed an interest in participating in or are currently participants in a best management practices program. Two persons representing irrigation districts established pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 19, Arizona Revised Statutes, in an active management area. A representative of an agricultural improvement district established pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 17, Arizona Revised Statutes. A representative of a municipality in an active management area.
The Governor shall appoint the members designated pursuant to paragraph 1, subparagraphs d through g above. Members appointed by the Governor pursuant to paragraph 1, subparagraphs d and g shall serve an initial two year term. Members appointed by the Governor pursuant to paragraph 1, subparagraphs e and f shall serve an initial four year term. Members are eligible for reappointment, and all subsequent terms shall be for four years. A member may continue to serve beyond the expiration of the member's term until a successor is appointed. The Governor shall fill a vacancy for a remaining unexpired term following the same criteria as the initial committee membership. The Advisory Committee shall elect a Chairperson from the appointed members. The Advisory Committee shall establish procedures to guide its operations. These procedures shall include participation requirements and criteria for removing inactive members. The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Director of the Department of Water Resources or the Chairperson, or at the request of a majority of the members. The role of the Advisory Committee is to advise the Director of the Department of Water Resources on the development of an interim Agricultural Best Management Practices Program to be included in the third management plan, and the creation of an Agricultural Best Management Practices Program for consideration by the Director for inclusion in the manPage 13 Volume 8, Issues 1-26
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agement plans for the fourth and fifth management periods pursuant to Title 45, Chapter 2, Article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes. In fulfilling this responsibility the Advisory Committee shall: a. Recommend, in consultation with the agricultural community and the Department of Water Resources, a Best Management Practices Program that can be applied to the majority of farm units within the active management areas. In preparing its recommendations on the structure of the Best Management Practices Program the Advisory Committee shall: i. Consider information developed pursuant to subparagraphs b through f of this paragraph. ii. Recommend a Best Management Practices Program that will achieve conservation savings that are at least equivalent to that required in the Base Agricultural Conservation Program required by A.R.S. ?? 45-567 and 45-568. b. Recommend detailed criteria for evaluating agricultural water management practices including any best management practices as they pertain to the development of an Agricultural Best Management Practices Program. These criteria shall include: Level of utilization of the practices and participation in the interim Best Management Practices Program and the factors affecting participation. ii. Agricultural water use and its impact on the achievement of the management goal of the active management area. iii. Administrative burden associated with implementing the Best Management Practices Program. iv. Quality of best management practices education and research programs. v. Identification of appropriate methods of analysis and facilitation of appropriate collection and utilization of data. c. d. e. Review and evaluate research projects, both in Arizona and elsewhere if appropriate, undertaken to evaluate current management practices and any comprehensive best management practices programs. Evaluate the relationship between the Best Management Practices Program and the Base Agricultural Conservation Program required by A.R.S. ?? 45-567 and 45-568. Review and evaluate proposed best management practices, recommend any changes in any Best Management Practices Program included in the management plans for the third management period, consider what research or educational resources are necessary to develop new best management practices, and make recommendations on any new best management practices to be developed or implemented. Make recommendations to develop an educational program concerning adoption of best management practices and participation in a best management practices program. i.
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The Advisory Committee may recommend to the Director of the Department of Water Resources, at any time after the fourth full year of the Best Management Practices Program operation, that the Best Management Practices Program should be terminated. Accompanying any such recommendation shall be evidence as to why such a recommendation is being made. The Advisory Committee shall terminate when the Director of the Department of Water Resources adopts the management plans for the fourth management period pursuant to Title 45, Chapter 2, Article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
Jane Dee Hull
Governor
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix on this Sixteenth day of May Two Thousand Two and of the Independence of the United State of America the Two Hundred and Twenty-Sixth. ATTEST:
Betsey Bayless
Secretary of State
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