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'A' Orders
'A' orders are used for appointments and nominations to boards, commissions, judgeships and other positions. Copies of these orders are available upon request from our boards and commissions office.
'B' Orders
| Signed Version | Date | Title |
| B 2012-001 | 1/23/2012 | Extending Regional Air Quality Council |
| B 2012-002 | 2/29/2012 | Creating the Task Force on Cooperative Strategies Regarding State and Local Regulation of Oil and Gas Development |
| B 2012-003 | 10/19/2012 | The Executive Clemency Advisory Board |
| B 2012-004 | 12/10/2012 | Creating a Task Force on the Implementation of Amendment 64 |
'D' Orders
| Signed Version | Date | Title |
| D 2012-001 | 1/18/2012 | Designating State's Prosecutor in the criminal case relating to Patrick Sullivan and Dillon Grilley |
| D 2012-002 | 1/19/2012 | Regulatory Efficiency Reviews |
| D 2012-003 | 3/20/2012 | Extending Authorization of Availability of Funds for Reservoir Road Fire in Larimer County |
| D 2012-004 | 3/20/2012 | Extending Authorization of Availability of Finds for Fourmile Fire in Boulder County |
| D 2012-005 | 3/27/2012 | Activating the national Guard for the Purpose of Firefighting Assistance regarding the Lower North Fork Fire and Activating the State Emergency Operations Plan |
| D 2012-006 | 3/28/2012 | Suspending Prescribed or Controlled Fire Pending Review of Protocols |
| D 2012-007 | 3/30/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due To the Lower North Fork Fire |
| D 2012-008 | 4/19/2012 | Reaffirming the Declaration of Disaster Emergency Due to the Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County and Making Additional Funds Available Funds for Fire Response Recovery |
| D 2012-009 | 4/26/2012 | Employing the National Guard for the Purpose of Conducting a Search |
| D 2012-010 | 5/10/2012 | Call for The First Extraordinary Session of The Sixty-Eighth General Assembly |
| D 2012-011 | 5/17/2012 | Activating the National Guard to Respond to the Hewlett Fire in Larimer County |
| D 2012-012 | 5/17/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Hewlett Fire in Larimer County |
| D 2012-013 | 5/23/2012 | Employing the National Guard for the Purpose of Conducting a Search |
| D 2012-014 | 6/12/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the High Park Fire |
| D 2012-015 | 6/14/2012 | Ban on Open Burning in the State of Colorado |
| D 2012-016 | 6/21/2012 | Transferring Funds from the Colorado Department of Human Service to the Governor’s Energy Office Weatherization Assistance Program |
| D 2012-017 | 6/21/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Stuart Hole Fire |
| D 2012-018 | 6/21/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Springer Fire |
| D 2012-019 | 6/21/2012 | Amending the Declaration of Disaster Emergency Due to High park Fire in Larimer County and Extending the Availability of Funds |
| D 2012-020 | 6/27/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Waldo Canyon Fire |
| D 2012-021 | 6/27/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Weber Fire |
| D 2012-022 | 6/27/2012 | Amending the Declaration of Disaster Emergency Due to High Park Fire in Larimer County and Extending the Availability of Funds |
| D 2012-023 | 6/28/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Flagstaff Fire |
| D 2012-024 | 6/28/2012 | Amending the Declaration of Disaster Emergency Due to the Waldo Canyon Fire |
| D 2012-025 | 7/2/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Pine Ridge Fire |
| D 2012-026 | 7/2/2012 | Deploying the National Guard Due to the Eby Creek Fire in Eagle County |
| D 2012-027 | 7/5/2012 | Establishing The Office of Community Living |
| D 2012-028 | 7/6/2012 | Creating StudyColorado within the Department of Higher Education |
| D 2012-029 | 7/8/2012 | Rescinding Executive Order D 2012-015 Ban on Open Burning in the State of Colorado |
| D 2012-030 | 7/12/2012 | Extending the Declaration of Disaster Emergency due to the High park Fire in Larimer County |
| D 2012-031 | 7/12/2012 | Amending the Disaster Emergency Declaration Due to the Waldo Canyon Fire |
| D 2012-032 | 7/12/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Bull Basin Fire |
| D 2012-033 | 7/18/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to a Sinkhole in Lake County |
| D 2012-034 | 7/24/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to Wildfires in Rio Blanco County |
| D 2012-035 | 8/7/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to Bridge Damage in Fremont County |
| D 2012-036 | 8/14/2012 | Concerning Calling Certain Elements of Colorado National Guard to State Active Duty for the Purpose of Force Protection and Extending Executive Order D 007-06 |
| D 2012-037 | 8/16/2012 | Establishing Broadband Responsibilities on the Governor’s Office of Information Technology |
| D 2012-038 | 8/23/2012 | Amending Executive Order 2012-023 Declaring a State of Disaster Emergency Due to the Flagstaff Fire |
| D 2012-039 | 8/24/2012 | Declaration of Disaster Emergency Due to imminent Flood Risk Associated with the High park Fire in Larimer county and the Waldo Canyon Fire in El Paso County and making Funds Available for Flood Warning |
| D 2012-040 | 9/21/2012 | Authorizing Transports of Baled Hay or Baled Livestock Feed to Exceed Otherwise Lawful Maximum Height |
| D 2012-041 | 10/9/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency and Deploying the national Guard to the Highway 13 Fire in Garfield County |
| D 2012-042 | 10/12/2012 | Accessing and Designating Moneys in the Wildfire Preparedness Fund for Wildfire Preparedness Activities |
| D 2012-043 | 10/22/2012 | Extending the Authorization Transports of Baled Hay or Baled Livestock Feed to Exceed Otherwise Lawful Maximum Height |
| D 2012-044 | 10/24/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Wetmore Fire in Custer County |
| D 2012-045 | 10/25/2012 | Amending Executive Order D 2012-044 Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Wetmore Fire |
| D 2012-046 | 10/26/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Roatcap Fire |
| D 2012-047 | 11/2/2012 | Extending Authorization of Availability of Funds for Multiple Wildfires That Occurred in Colorado during 2010 and 2011 |
| D 2012-048 | 11/2/2012 | Amending the Declarations of Disaster Emergency Due to the Waldo Canyon Fire in El Paso County and the Springer Fire in Teller County and Extending the Availability of Funds |
| D 2012-049 | 11/12/2012 | Extending the Authorization Transports of Baled Hay or Baled Livestock Feed to Exceed Otherwise Lawful Maximum Height |
| D 2012-050 | 12/7/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Fern Lake Fire and Authorizing use the National Guard |
| D 2012-051 | 12/7/2012 | Declaring a Disaster Emergency Due to the Cedar Knob Fire and other Wildfires in Moffat county |
| D 2012-052 | 12/10/2012 | Declaration of Vote on Amendment 64 - an amendment to Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution relating to the use and regulation of marijuana |
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