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                                           ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 315

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives B. Williams, Belcher, Schoon, Hankins, Lewis, G. Nelson, Fuhrman, Dobbs, L. Smith, van Dyke, May, Lundquist, Schmidt, Doty, Walker, Van Luven, Silver, S. Wilson, Tilly, J. Williams, Thomas, Ballard, Chandler, Isaacson and Padden

Read first time 1/30/85 and referred to Committee on State Government.

AN ACT Relating to state government; adding a new section to chapter 44.28 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature finds that needs for state government services are continually changing and that the functions and organization must change to adequately meet those needs.  Often these emerging needs are addressed by creating new state agencies to provide new services.

          The purpose of section 2 of this act is to establish guidelines, standards, and criteria for the review of proposals to create new agencies.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 44.28 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) Except as provided under subsection (3) of this section, no new agency, board, or commission shall be created unless the legislative budget  committee has analyzed and reported on the proposal under the guidelines, standards, and criteria listed in subsection (2) of this section.

          (2) (a) Proposals introduced on or before the fifteenth day of the legislative session shall be analyzed by the legislative budget committee and its findings shall be submitted in a report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate no later than the thirtieth day of the same legislative session.

          (b) Proposals introduced after the fifteenth day of the legislative session shall be analyzed by the legislative budget committee and its findings shall be submitted in a report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate no later than the first day of the next regular legislative session.

          (c) In analyzing a proposal to create a new state agency, board, or commission, the legislative budget committee shall consider, but not be limited to, the following standards and criteria:

          (i) The extent to which the proposal contains a clear statement of legislative intent and policies and programs to be carried out by the new agency;

          (ii) The extent to which the proposal establishes clear limits of authority from the governor to the proposed new agency;

          (iii) The long-term cost savings or additional costs expected to result from creation of the new agency;

          (iv) The long-term projected size of the agency; and

          (v) The extent to which the functions to be performed by the proposed agency could be performed by an existing agency.  This shall include an analysis of services to be provided and clientele served.

          (3) This section does not apply to a proposal that the legislative budget committee fails to analyze or report on by the dates specified under subsection (2) (a) and (b) of this section.