ESB 5995

Brief Description: Eliminating certain boards, committees, and commissions and the transfer of certain duties.

Sponsors: Senators Pridemore, Schoesler and Honeyford; by request of Governor Gregoire.

Hearing Date: 4/25/09

Staff: Marsha Reilly (786-7135)

Background:

In 1977 the Legislature directed the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to compile, and revise within 90 days after the beginning of each biennium, a list of all permanent and temporary, statutory and non-statutory boards, commissions, councils, committees, and other groups established by the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of state government and whose members are eligible to receive travel expenses for their meetings. For each board and commission, the OFM list must provide information about the legal authorization for creation of the group; the number of members and the appointing authority; the number of meetings in the previous biennium; a summary of the group’s primary responsibilities; and the source of funding for the group.

In 1987 the Legislature directed the OFM to prepare sunrise notes concerning the creation of new boards and commissions. The sunrise notes must include: purpose and expected impact; powers and duties; potential duplications; and other relevant information related to the need for the board or commission.

The Legislature revisited boards and commissions more generally in 1994, establishing new oversight roles for the Governor and the OFM. For existing boards and commissions, the Governor must review and submit, to the Legislature every odd-numbered year, a report recommending which boards and commissions should be terminated or consolidated.

Summary of Bill:

Boards, commissions, committees, task forces, groups, work groups (boards) are suspended, eliminated, or consolidated with other boards.

The following boards are suspended until June 1, 2011:

Affordable Housing Advisory Board

Aging, State Council on

Agricultural Burning Practices and Research Task Force

American Indian Endowed Scholarship Advisory and Selection Committee

Auto Theft Prevention Authority

Birth to Six Interagency Coordinating Council

Career and Technical Education Curricula Advisory Committee

Child Care Facility Fund Committee

Child Support Guidelines and Report Review Work Group

City and County Design Standards (State Design Standards Committee)

Collection Agency Board

Committee on Legislative Old Timers Events

Community Transition Coordination Networks Advisory Committee

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advisory Committee, Office of

Drop-out Prevention State-Level Leadership Group

Economic Services Advisory Committee

Education Ombudsman Appointment Committee

Enhanced 911 Advisory Committee

Factory Assembled Structures Advisory Board

Family to Family Advisory Group, Region 3

Financial Literacy Public-Private Partnership

Hanford Area Economic Investment Fund Committee

Health Insurance Partnership Board

Health Professional Loan Repayment and Scholarship Advisory Committee

Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee

Joint Committee on Energy Supply

Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Trade Policy

Joint Legislative Task Force on Family Leave Insurance

Joint Legislative Task Force on Underground Economy in the Construction Industry

Joint Select Committee on Beer and Wine Regulation

Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board

Mathematics Advisory Panel and Science Advisory Panel

Medal of Merit Committee

Medicaid School Administrative Match Advisory Committee

Missing and Exploited Children Advisory Task Force

Oil Spill Advisory Committee

Pacific Northwest Economic Region Delegate Council and Executive Committee

Pension Policy, Select Committee on

Performance Agreement Committee

Private School Advisory Committee

Public Stadium Authority Advisory Committee

Recreation on State Trust Lands Work Group

Rehabilitation Council for the Department of Services for the Blind

Scholars Advisory and Selection Committee

School bus Equipment and Specifications Committee

School Facilities Citizen Advisory Panel

Small Business Export Financial Assistance Center Board

State Medal of Valor Committee

State-Level Leadership Group

Survey Advisory Board

Statewide Protocols for Dissolution Cases

The following Boards are consolidated with other Boards:

HIV Early Intervention Program Steering Committee and the HIV Policy Collaborative are consolidated with the HIV/AIDS Education Program Review Panel

Traumatic Brain Injury Grand Advisory Board is consolidated with the Traumatic Brain Injury Council

Veterans' Innovations Program Board is consolidated with the Veterans' Affairs Advisory Committee

The following boards are eliminated effective June 30, 2009:

Acupuncture Ad Hoc Committee

Adult Family Home Advisory Committee

Boarding Home Advisory Board

Citizens Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

Citizens' Work Group on Health Care Reform

Displace Homemaker Program Statewide Advisory Committee

Equipment, Commission on

Escrow Commission

Foster Care Endowed Scholarship Advisory Board

Higher Education Coordinating Board - Work Study

Horse Park Authority

Main Street Advisory Committee

Model Toxic Control Act Science Advisory Board

Mortgage Broker Commission

Oil Heat Advisory Committee

Parks Centennial Advisory Committee

Prescription Drug Purchasing Consortium Advisory Commission

Radiologic Technologists Ad Hoc Committee

Risk Management Advisory Committee

Securities Advisory Committee

Sexual Offender Treatment Providers Advisory Committee

Study Committee on Public Infrastructure Programs and Funding Structures

Vendor Rates Advisory Committee

Western State School Bus Safety Commission

The following boards are eliminated effective June 30, 2010:

Advisory Council on Adult Education

Airport Impact Mitigation Advisory Board

Athletic Training Advisory Committee

Basic Health Advisory Committee

Board of Law Enforcement Training Standards and Board on Correctional Training Standards

Children and Families with Incarcerated Parents Advisory Committee

Children's Services Advisory Committee

Combined Fund Drive Committee

Committee on Agency Officials Salaries

Customer Advisory Board of the Department of Information Services

Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Have Hearing Loss Advisory Committee

Eastern and Western State Hospital boards

Fire Protection Policy Board

Hazardous Substance Mixed Waste Advisory Board

Health and Welfare and Property and Liability advisory boards

Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board

Higher Education Coordinating Board Advisory Council

Home Inspector Advisory Licensing Board

Industry Cluster Advisory Committee

Integrated Justice Information Board

K-20 Network Technical Steering Committee & K-20 Educational Network Board

Livestock Identification Advisory Board

McNeil Island Secure Community Transition Facility Operational Advisory Board

On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems alternative systems Technical Review Committee

On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems Advisory Committee

Organized Crime Advisory Board

Orthotic and Prosthetics Advisory Committee

Oversight Committee on Character-Building Residential Services in Prisons

Real Estate Appraiser Commission

Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group Advisory Board

Revenue-Simplified Sales and Use Tax Administration Advisory Group

Solid Waste Advisory Committee

Water Supply Advisory Committee

Well Drilling Technical Advisory Group

By July 1, 2010, the Governor must recommend to the Legislature which other boards and commissions should continue receiving state funding and which should be eliminated or suspended.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Requested on April 24, 2009.

Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.