THE STATE OF GEORGIA 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 
BY THE GOVERNOR: 
 
WHEREAS: 
 
The General Assembly passed House Bill 397 during the 2015 Legislative Session, which provides that the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall be assigned to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes; and 
 
WHEREAS: 
 
The General Assembly passed House Bill 76, the Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016, during the 2015 Legislative Session, which provides that five programs from the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission are attached to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IT IS HEREBY 
 
ORDERED: 
 
That, as of July 1, 2015, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission will be assigned as a whole and as a new budgetary program to the Department of Agriculture for administrative purposes only. 
This /;21'~ day of May, 2015. 
 
ATTEST: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 
 
GOVERNOR