CHAPTER 699

STATE OF DELAWARE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Dover

EXECUTIVE ORDER

NUMBER SEVEN

TO : Heads of All State Departments and Agencies

RE : Reorganization of the Department of Administrative Services

WHEREAS, pursuant to 29 Delaware Code §8803 (4), the Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services, with the concurrence of the Governor, has the power to "establish, consolidate or abolish such divisions and offices within the Department or transfer or combine the powers, duties and functions of the divisions within the Department as the Secretary, with the written approval of the Governor, may deem necessary, provided that all powers, duties and functions required by law shall be provided for and maintained"; and

WHEREAS, changes in the names and functions of certain organizations within the Department have been deemed necessary by the Secretary and have been implemented since the reorganization of State Government in order to better clarify and define the functions of such organizations; and

WHEREAS, those changes include the abolition of the Division of State Buildings and the creation of the "Division of Facilities Management" and the "Division of Maintenance and Communications"; and

WHEREAS, the "Division of Graphics and Printing" was created on January 1, 1971, pursuant to law; and,

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services and by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare and order as follows:

1. The creation of the "Division of Graphics and Printing" within the Department of Administrative Services is hereby confirmed. The Division shall have such powers, functions and duties as may be assigned to it by law or by the Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services.

2. The abolition of the "Division of State Buildings" is hereby confirmed.

3. The creation of the "Division of Facilities Management" is hereby confirmed. The Division shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and functions heretofore vested in the Division of State Buildings not herein vested in the Division of Maintenance and Communications, as well as those other powers, functions and duties as may be assigned to it by law or by the Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services.

4. The creation of the "Division of Maintenance and Communications" is hereby confirmed. The Division shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and functions heretofore vested in the Division of State Buildings pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 45 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code Annotated (Custodian of the State House). It shall further have the power and duty to supervise and account for the administration and operation of the communication, messenger and mail services heretofore administered by the Division of State Buildings pursuant to Section 8804 (a) (1) of Chapter 88 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code Annotated, as well as those powers, duties and functions as may be assigned to it by law or by the Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services.

APPROVED this 6th day of April, 1973

(GREAT SEAL)

SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT

Governor

Attest:

ROBERT H. REED

Secretary of State