HOUSE BILL REPORT
HB 2638
As Passed Legislature
Title: An act relating to repeal of the sunset of the department of information services.
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.
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Government Operations: 2/2/96 [DP].
Floor Activity:
Passed House: 2/6/96, 97-0.
Passed Legislature.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 15 members: Representatives Reams, Chairman; Cairnes, Vice Chairman; Goldsmith, Vice Chairman; Rust, Ranking Minority Member; Scott, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Conway; R. Fisher; Hargrove; Honeyford; Hymes; Mulliken; Scheuerman; D. Schmidt; Van Luven and Wolfe.
Staff: Charlie Murphy (786-7135).
Background: The Legislature has established a pattern for the sunset of particular departments or departmental activities which include the adoption of a repealer section in law with an effective date occurring beyond the time period of the Legislative Budget Committee review. A Legislative Budget Committee sunset review of the Department of Information Systems (DIS) has been completed, and it contains a recommendation for the reauthorization of this agency and other recommendations for legislative modifications.
Summary of Bill: Adoption of this bill reauthorizes the agency. It does this by canceling or repealing the repealer provisions listed.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: Reauthorizing the agency is warranted because it is the best public private partnership in the state. The agency supplies a good return on the investment of public dollars.
Testimony Against: None.
Testified: Representative Reams, prime sponsor; and Sam Hunt, Department of Information Systems.