SENATE BILL REPORT

                   HB 2650

              As Reported By Senate Committee On:

          State & Local Government, February 21, 2000

Title:  An act relating to interagency transfers of state surplus personal property.

Brief Description:  Simplifying agency to agency transfer of small amounts of personal property.

Sponsors:  Representatives Romero, McMorris, Campbell, Dunshee, Lambert, D. Schmidt, Kenney and Miloscia; by request of Department of General Administration.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  State & Local Government:  2/21/2000 [DPA].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Majority Report:  Do pass as amended.

  Signed by Senators Patterson, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Hale, Haugen, Horn, Kline and McCaslin.

Staff:  Roger Brodniak (786-7445)

Background:  The Department of General Administration is responsible for coordinating sales of state-owned surplus personal property.  A state agency is required to pay fair market value for the surplus personal property transferred from another state agency, no matter what the value of the property.

Summary of Amended Bill:  State agencies may transfer surplus personal property to another agency without charging fair market value if the value of the property is less than $500.  State agencies involved in these transfers must keep adequate records.

Amended Bill Compared to Original Bill:  A grammatical clarification is made.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  State agencies are allowed to transfer assets more efficiently and with less paperwork. This is an effective means to maximize state-owned resources.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  PRO:  Pat Kohler, GA; Vallie Jo Fry, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.