FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 2638

                          C 74 L 96

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Repealing the sunset of the department of information services.

Sponsors:  Representatives Reams, H. Sommers and Dellwo; by request of Office of Financial Management and Department of Information Services.

House Committee on Government Operations

Senate Committee on Government Operations

Background:  A sunset review schedule exists whereby the Legislative Budget Committee periodically reviews the operations of an agency and submits its recommendations to the Legislature regarding the continued existence of the agency and possible modifications of the statutes pertaining to the agency.  The sunset review schedule includes a statute repealing the agency's statutes effective one year after the sunset review of the agency has been completed.

The Legislative Budget Committee just finished its sunset review of the Department of Information Services and recommends retaining that agency.

Summary:  The Department of Information Services is retained.  The statute is repealed that repeals statutes relating to the Department of Information Services.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     97 0

Senate    46 0

Effective:  June 6, 1996