As part of his Red Tape Reduction initiative, Governor Matt Bevin signed documents to eliminate more than 65 obsolete, inactive and superseded boards and commissioners. A 2012 Legislative Research Commission study identified 571 boards, commissions and similar entities such as authorities, councils and committees in Kentucky, a figure “nearly twice the number of the typical state.” Governor Bevin issued an executive order on March 23 eliminating 29 boards and commissions that were originally established by gubernatorial executive order. Among the boards and commissions abolished were entities such as the Kentucky Adoption 2002 Strategic Planning Task Force, the Capitol Centennial Commission, and the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.