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aspect of its mission.
10. For purposes of this Order, “Executive Branch departments and agencies” shall mean any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch of State government and any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, division, institution, office, or other instrumentality within or created by any such department, and any independent State authority, commission, instrumentality, or agency over which the Governor exercises executive authority, as determined by the Attorney General.
11. The Task Force may elicit public input from individuals, including those associated with institutions of higher education, organizations, community groups, and other interested parties.
12. The Task Force shall be purely advisory in nature and shall provide advice to the Governor and other Executive Branch departments and agencies as requested.
13. This Order shall take effect immediately.
| [seal] | GIVEN, under my hand and seal this 14th day of September, Two Thousand and Twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States, the Two Hundred and Forty-Sixth.
/s/ Philip D. Murphy Governor |
Attest:
/s/ Parimal Garg
Chief Counsel to the Governor
