SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 6443

              As Reported By Senate Committee On:

          State & Local Government, February 2, 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:  Senators Patterson, Horn, Gardner, B. Sheldon, Fraser and Hochstatter; by request of Department of General Administration.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  State & Local Government:  1/27/2000, 2/2/2000 [DP].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  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 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.

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, with less paperwork.  This is an effective means to maximize state-owned resources before going to a public sale.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  Pat Kollar, Dept. of General Administration; Vallie Jo Fry, Community and Technical Colleges.