SENATE BILL REPORT

                            HB 1618

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, MARCH 26, 1993

Brief Description:  Terminating defunct boards, commissions, and committees.

SPONSORS: Representatives Shin, Wood, Forner, Pruitt, Sheldon, Brough, Ballasiotes, Brumsickle, Carlson, Vance, Jones, Foreman, Padden, Fuhrman, Sheahan, Schoesler, Miller, Campbell, Casada, Long, Jacobsen, Stevens, Linville, Kremen, Silver, Finkbeiner, Morton, Talcott, Horn, Sehlin, Tate, Van Luven and Anderson

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Majority Report:  Do pass. 

     Signed by Senators Haugen, Chairman; Drew, Vice Chairman; Loveland, Oke, von Reichbauer, and Winsley.

Staff:  Barbara Howard (786‑7410)

Hearing Dates: March 25, 1993; March 26, 1993

BACKGROUND:

The Advisory Committee on Agricultural Labor was created in 1989, to develop recommendations on labor standards for the employment of minors in agriculture.  The Department of Labor and Industries has adopted rules implementing the recommendations.  The committee is now inactive.

The Business License Center Board of Review was created to provide policy direction to the Department of Licensing in establishing and operating the business registration and licensing system.  The board has been inactive since the late 1980s.

The Columbia Interstate Compact Commission was created in 1965 to negotiate an interstate compact with Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming on the use of water in the Columbia River and its tributaries.  No agreement was reached, and the commission has been inactive for over a decade.

The Economic Development Board was created to develop a long-term economic development plan to spur new job creation and investment, consistent with preserving the state's environment and quality of life.  The plan, Washington Works Worldwide, was completed in 1988 and the board has been inactive since 1990. 

The Joint Select Committee on Sunset Review was created in 1977, to monitor and modify the schedule of sunset reviews conducted by the Legislative Budget Committee.  The Sunset Review Committee has not met for several years.

The Energy Strategy Advisory Committee was created in 1991 to develop a state energy strategy.  Its final report has been submitted to the Legislature and the committee is no longer meeting.

SUMMARY:

The following defunct boards, commissions, and committees are repealed:  The Advisory Committee on Agricultural Labor; the Business License Center Board of Review; the Columbia Interstate Compact Commission;  the Economic Development Board;  the Joint Select Committee on Sunset Review; and the Energy Strategy Advisory Committee. 

Related references in other statutes are deleted.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

TESTIMONY FOR:

This bill represents a step toward eliminating obsolete state agencies from the Revised Code.  Others may be identified in the future.

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  Representative Shin, prime sponsor