EXECUTIVE ORDER MJF 96-66

Hazard Mitigation Team

WHEREAS: Executive Order No MJF 96-49, signed on October 17, 1996, re-establishes and continues the Hazard Mitigation Team within the Military Department, Office of Emergency Preparedness; and

WHEREAS: it is necessary to expand the membership of the Hazard Mitigation Team to include a representative from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry;

NOW THEREFORE I, M.J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR., Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:

SECTION 1: Section 2 of Executive Order Number MJF 96-49, is amended to add Subsection K, which shall provide as follows:

K. Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

SECTION 2: All other Sections and Subsections of Executive Order Number MJF 96-49 shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 3: The provisions of this Order are effective upon signature and shall remain in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the Governor, or terminated by operation of law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the City of Baton Rouge, on this 8th day of November, 1996.

M.J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.
Governor

ATTEST BY
THE GOVERNOR
Fox McKeithen
Secretary of state