WHBRBAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas has heretofore enacted Senate Bill 939, Chapter 260, Acts of the 70th Legislature, Regular
session, 1987, to provide for registration of all-terrain vehicles and a class C Misdemeanor penalty for noncompliance; certification of allItrrain vehicle operators: administration and funding of an all-terrain vehicle operator education and certification program: employment of an
all.terrain vehicle safety coordinator; and other regulations regarding all-terrain vehicles; and,
WHEREAS, the Governor is required by Senate Bill 939 to designate a division of the Governor's staff or State agency to establish and
administer an all-terrain vehicle operator education and certifi~ation program, the purpose of this program being to make available to the
operators of all-terrain vehicles in this State courses in basic training and safety skills relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and to
issue safety certificates to operators who successfully complete the education program or pass a test established under the program:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, William P. Clements, Jr., Governor of Texas,under the autority vested in me by Senate Bill 939, do hereby designate
me Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to administer the all-terrain vehicle operator and certification program in accordance with the
provisions of Senate Bill 939, Chapter 260. Acts of the 70th Legislature. Regular Session, 1987, effective January I, 1988.
')'his executive order shall be effective immediately and shall remain in full force and effect until modified, amended, or rescinded by me.
Issued in Austin, Texas on January 12, 1988.
TRD-8800843
William P. Clements, Jr.
Governor of Texas
Executive Order
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WHEREAS, the inmate population of the Texas Department of Corrections has "hardened" at an unforeseen rate; and
WHBREAS, this "hardening" is the result of the following events:
The implementation of the Prison Management Act on six occassions during 1987, two of which occurred after the adjournment of the 70th
Legislature; and
The accelerated review of Senate Bill 215 parole eligible inmates by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, to off set the growing numbers of
criminal defendants convicted and sentenced to the Department of Corrections, which occurred in major part after the adjournment of the 70th
Legislature; and
The overcrowding in the county jails occurring as a consequence of the enforcement of the Jail Standards Act, as well as the capacity cap
imposed on the Department of Corrections as a result of agreed order in the Ruiz case, has resulted in the counties addressing their mixing
needs by transferring the more serious or violent offender to the Department of Corrections. This circumstance occurred after the adjournment
of the 70th Legislature; and
WHEREAS, The curTent facilities of the Department have reached a saturation level for handling the administratively segregated and close
confmement inmate. This occurred principally as a result of the "hardening" of the population, but also as a result of the beds lost to
depopulation pursuant to the agreed order in Ruiz, both of which occurred after the adjournment of the 70th Legislature;
WHEREAS, the effects of the "hardening" of the population of the Department of Corrections constitutes an emergency and will continue to
pose emergency overcrowding problems to the Department of Corrections separate and apart from the increasing numbers of inmates, due to
the mixing requirements of Ruiz; and
WHEREAS, the effects of the "hardening" of the population can be ameliorated by the immediate construction of a second Michael type unit,
NOW THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS, JR., Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by rider
5 of the Texas Department of Corrections appropriations as set forth in Senate Bill I of the 70th Legislature, Second Called Session, and based
upon the testimony given before an emergency meeting of the Texas Board of Corrections on January 26, 1988, do hereby make a finding of
fact that an unforeseen emergency exists, and I hereby authorize the specific expenditure of $61,300,000.00 for the construction of a second
Michael type unit to be included as a project under item 10. ADDmONAL CAPACITY of the Texas Department of Corrections
appropriations.
This Executive Order shall be effective immediately and shall remain in full force and effect until modified, amended, or rescinded by me.
Issued in Austin, Texas on January 26, 1988.
TRD·8800847
William P. Clements, Jr.
Governor of Texas
Executive Order
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WHEREAS, the children and youth of Texas are one of our greatest resources upon which the future of this great state is dependent; and
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The Governor
February 5, 1988
13 TexReg 575