Governor's Executive Orders 2011

• Executive Order 1 - Gov. Jay Nixon gives the director of the Department of Natural Resources the authority to temporarily suspend regulations in the aftermath of severe winter weather that began on began on December 30. (Jan. 4)

• Executive Order 2 - Gov. Jay Nixon extends Executive Order 10-27 and Executive Order 11-01 through February 28, 2011. (Jan. 28)

• Executive Order 3 - Gov. Jay Nixon declares a State of Emergency and directs that the State Emergency Operations Plan be activated due to severe weather than began on January 31, 2011. (Jan. 31)

• Executive Order 4 - Gov. Jay Nixon activates the state militia in response to severe weather that began on January 31, 2011. (Jan. 31)

• Executive Order 5 - Gov. Jay Nixon orders the Missouri Department of Transportation to assist certain counties in clearing snow due to the historic winter storm that began on January 31, 2011. (Feb. 4)

• Executive Order 6 - Gov. Jay Nixon declares a State of Emergency for the state of Missouri and activates the Missouri State Emergency Operations Plan due to severe weather that began on April 22. (Apr. 22)

• Executive Order 7 - Gov. Jay Nixon gives the director of the Department of Natural Resources the authority to temporarily suspend regulations in the aftermath of severe weather that began on began on April 22. (Apr. 25)

• Executive Order 8 - Gov. Jay Nixon activates the state militia in response to severe weather that began on April 22. (Apr. 25)

• Executive Order 9 - Gov. Jay Nixon extends Executive Orders 11-06, 11-07, and 11-08 through June 20, 2011. (May 20)

• Executive Order 10 - Gov. Jay Nixon orders the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the State Board of Pharmacy to temporarily waive certain rules and regulations to allow medical practitioners responding to the tornado and severe storms in Joplin to best serve the interests of public health and safety. (May 24)

• Executive Order 11 - Gov. Jay Nixon orders the Director of Revenue to issue duplicate or replacement driver license, nondriver license, certificate of motor vehicle ownership, number plate, or tabs lost or destroyed as a result of the tornado that hit the city of Joplin and to waive all state fees and charges for such duplicate or replacement. (May 26)

• Executive Order 12 - Gov. Jay Nixon orders the Director of the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions, and Professional Registration to temporarily waive, suspend, and/or modify any statute or regulation under his purview in order to best serve the interests of those citizens affected by the tornado that hit the city of Joplin on May 22. (May 26)

• Executive Order 13 - Gov. Jay Nixon authorizes the Joplin Public School system to immediately begin rebuilding and replacing the materials for three of its buildings that were destroyed in a tornado that struck on May 22, 2011, without requiring advertisement for bids. (May 26)

• Executive Order 14 - Gov. Jay Nixon activates the state militia in response to a tornado that hit the City of Joplin on May 22, 2011. (May 26)

• Executive Order 15 - Gov. Jay Nixon authorizes the Joplin Public School system to immediately rebuild, restore, and/or renovate their buildings that were damaged by a tornado and severe storms on May 22, 2011, without requiring advertisement for bids. (June 1)

• Executive Order 16 - Gov. Jay Nixon authorizes the Joplin Public School system to immediately begin to retrofit and furnish warehouse and retail structures to house district programs displaced by the tornado and severe storms on May 22, 2011, without requiring advertisement for bids. (June 3)

• Executive Order 17 - Gov. Jay Nixon establishes the State of Missouri Resource, Recovery & Rebuilding Center in the City of Joplin in response to a tornado that struck there on May 22, 2011. (June 7)

• Executive Order 18 - Gov. Jay Nixon activates the state militia in response to flooding events occurring and threatened along the Missouri River. (June 8)

• Executive Order 19 - Gov. Nixon extends Executive Orders 11-06, 11-07, 11-08, 11-10, 11-11, 11-13, 11-14, 11-15, 11-16, and 11-18 until September 15, 2011. (June 17)

• Executive Order 20 - Gov. Jay Nixon extends certain terms of Executive Order 11-12 to help Missouri citizens impacted by the Joplin tornado of April 22, 2011. (June 17)

• Executive Order 21 - Gov. Jay Nixon authorizes the Joplin Public School system to immediately begin to retrofit, equip, and furnish various buildings to house students during the 2011-12 school year without requiring advertisement for bids. (June 17)

• Executive Order 22 - Gov. Jay Nixon designates members of his staff to have supervisory authority over departments, divisions, and agencies of state government. (July 26)

• Proclamation - Gov. Jay Nixon convenes the First Extra Session of the First Regular Session of the Ninety-Sixth General Assembly. (Aug. 22)

• Special Message - Gov. Jay Nixon amends the matters specifically designated and limited for consideration by the Ninety-Sixth General Assembly in the First Extra Session of the First Regular Session to include enactment of legislation relating to the holding of a Missouri presidential primary in 2012. (Sept. 06)

• Executive Order 23 - Gov. Jay Nixon extends Executive Order 11-20 until October 15, 2011, and extends Executive Orders 11-06, 11-07, 11-08, 11-11, 11-14, and 11-18 until December 15, 2011. (Sept. 13)

• Special Message - Gov. Jay Nixon amends the matters specifically designated and limited for consideration by the Ninety-Sixth General Assembly in the First Extra Session of the First Regular Session to include enactment of legislation relating to the holding of a Missouri presidential primary in 2012. (Oct. 17)

• Executive Order 24 - Gov. Jay Nixon designates members of his staff to have supervisory authority over departments, divisions, and agencies of state government. (Nov. 18)

• Executive Order 25 - Gov. Jay Nixon extends the declaration of emergency contained in Executive Order 11-06, and extends Executive Orders 11-07, 11-11 and 11-14 until March 15, 2012. (Dec. 14)