FINAL BILL REPORT

                            SB 5696

                           C 61 L 93

                      SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Authorizing the department of retirement systems to be divided into three divisions.

SPONSORS: Senators Haugen, Newhouse and Spanel; by request of Department of Retirement Systems

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

BACKGROUND:

When the Department of Retirement Systems was created in 1976, several separate retirement systems were consolidated. 

At that time, the enabling legislation authorized creation of two divisions:  Operations, to administer the various retirement systems (now the Retirement Systems Division), and Administrative Services/Fiscal, for agency management.  Since then, an Information Systems Division has been developed, and the department has requested amendment of the statute.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Retirement Systems is given authority to be organized into three divisions.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    41   0

House     98   0

EFFECTIVE:July 25, 1993