ISSUE OF April 28, 1992">
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Executive Orders

AWR 92-6


CHARGING THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING COUNCIL

WHEREAS, the information in the state's custody is a strategic
asset belonging to the people of Texas; and

WHEREAS, the information required for executive and legislative
decision making provides critical support and is voluminous and
costly to gather, automate, and analyze; and

WHEREAS, much of the state's information is geographically
referenced and may be presented through geographic information
systems (GIS); and

WHEREAS, GIS allows for the exchange of information between
levels of government and facilitates the management of the state's
natural, human, cultural, and economic resources; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to reduce redundancy in data-collection
and development efforts and coordinate the various activities
in GIS; and

WHEREAS, the legislature recognized the need for more coordination
and cooperation between state agencies regarding information
and information resources by creating the Department of Information
Resources; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Information Resources has chartered
the Geographic Information Systems Planning Council (Council)
as an interagency, intergovernmental forum to discuss, debate,
and decide issues related to the interagency coordination of
geographic information;

NOW THEREFORE, I, Ann W. Richards, Governor of the State of
Texas, under the authority vested in me, do hereby charge the
Council as follows:

The Council shall plan for the most cost effective means of
acquiring and distributing geographic information to the state
as a whole and ensure that agency programs are in concert with
other state and federal agencies.

Further, the Council is charged to develop a business plan
to prioritize and schedule the development of public-funded programs
for the acquisition of geographic information of common interest,
and to seek partners in the public sector for data development.

Finally, the Council is charged to identify agencies to serve
as data custodians and define the roles and responsibilities
for the agencies' data stewardship.


Issued in Austin, Texas on April 20, 1992.

TRD-9205490

Ann W. Richards

Governor of Texas

   
   


AWR 92-7


ESTABLISHING A STATE PLANNING REGION TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE

WHEREAS, the East Texas Housing Finance Corporation, hereinafter
the Corporation, is a duly organized and validly existing joint
housing corporation created pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
394 of the Local Government Code which is currently comprised
of Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion,
Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties;
and

WHEREAS, the Corporation was created, inter
alia, in order to
provide low interest mortgage
funds for the purpose
of promoting affordable housing
for low and moderate
income families within the
East Texas area; and

WHEREAS, there exist common and interrelated problems of affordable
housing within the counties comprising the Corporation and Angelina
and Nacogdoches Counties; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation has approved the inclusion of Angelina
and Nacogdoches Counties in the jurisdiction of the Corporation,
contingent upon issuance of an executive order of the Governor
of Texas establishing a state planning region for the purposes
of sec.394.012, Local Government Code, which would include
all the counties presently comprising the Corporation and Angelina
and Nacogdoches Counties; and

WHEREAS, it appears that the Corporation has the clear, present,
and unique opportunity to sponsor a program which will provide
low cost mortgage loans within the seventeen counties listed
below, a function which neither the Deep East Texas Council of
Governments nor the East Texas Council of Governments is providing
or is capable of providing under existing statutory or regulatory
law in this state;

NOW THEREFORE, I, Ann W. Richards, Governor of the State of
Texas, under the authority vested in me, pursuant to the provision
of sec.772.002, Texas Government Code, and in my capacity as
Chief Planning Officer of the State of Texas, hereby delineate
the geographic boundaries of the following adjoining counties
as a state planning region, solely for the purposes of sec.394.012,
Local Government Code, and for the sole purpose of promoting
affordable housing for low income families: Anderson, Angelina,
Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Nacogdoches,
Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties;
provided, however, that the provisions of this Executive Order
shall lapse upon the expiration of the time period in which mortgage
loans can be originated pursuant to the 1992 East Texas Housing
Finance Corporation mortgage revenue bond issue.

This Executive Order shall be effectively immediately and
shall remain in full force and effect until modified, amended,
or rescinded by me.


Issued in Austin, Texas on April 20, 1992.

TRD-9205491

Ann W. Richards

Governor of Texas