EXECUTIVE ORDER
05-02

WHEREAS, it is vital to the economic health and prosperity of Missouri that State government be conducted in the most business-like and economical manner, and that the people of this State be assured that their tax dollars be spent wisely; and

WHEREAS, immediate cost containment will assist in reducing State expenditures and improving the condition of the general revenue fund and other revenue funds; and

WHEREAS, one way to obtain immediate cost containment is to freeze the leasing or purchasing of non-emergency motor vehicles, cellular phones, and new office space, for all State agencies and departments in the Executive Branch of State government;

NOW THEREFORE, I, Matt Blunt, Governor of the State of Missouri, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Missouri, do hereby order as follows:

  1. All State agencies and departments in the Executive Branch shall not enter into any agreement or contract to lease or purchase any non-emergency motor vehicles, except as may be determined by the Commissioner of Administration to be in the best interest of the State.
  2. All State agencies and departments in the Executive Branch shall not enter into any agreement or contract to lease or purchase any cellular phones, except as may be determined by the Commissioner of Administration to be in the best interest of the State.
  3. All State agencies and departments in the Executive Branch shall not enter into any agreement or contract to lease or purchase new office space, except as may be determined by the Commissioner of Administration to be in the best interest of the State
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson, on this 11th day of January, 2005.

[Matt Blunt's signature]

Matt Blunt
GOVERNOR

ATTEST:

[Robin Carnahan's signature]

Robin Carnahan
Secretary of State

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