HOUSE BILL REPORT
SHB 2098
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As Passed House:
February 12, 2014
Title: An act relating to conforming amendments made necessary by reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
Brief Description: Making conforming amendments made necessary by reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
Sponsors: House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Bergquist, Buys, S. Hunt, Manweller, Hudgins, Morrell and Haigh).
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Government Accountability & Oversight: 1/20/14, 1/27/14 [DPS].
Floor Activity:
Passed House: 2/12/14, 97-1.
Brief Summary of Substitute Bill |
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & OVERSIGHT |
Majority Report: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by 9 members: Representatives Hurst, Chair; Wylie, Vice Chair; Condotta, Ranking Minority Member; Holy, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Blake, Kirby, Moscoso, Shea and Vick.
Staff: Marsha Reilly (786-7135).
Background:
In 2011 a bill was enacted to reorganize and streamline the central service functions, powers, and duties of state government. Briefly, the bill did the following:
created the Department of Enterprise Services (DES);
created the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of Financial Management (OFM);
created a Technology Services Board;
abolished the Department of General Administration and transferred its duties to the DES;
abolished the Department of Personnel and transferred its policy-making functions to the OFM and its operating functions to the DES;
abolished the State Printer and transferred its functions to the DES;
transferred the risk management and personal service contracts functions from the OFM to the DES; and
replaced the Department of Information Services with the Consolidated Technology Services Agency.
Summary of Substitute Bill:
Technical changes are made to correct and conform statutes related to the reorganizing and streamlining of central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony:
(In support) The bill has its roots in 2011 when the state saved millions of dollars by consolidating departments and creating the DES and other changes. This is a technical correction bill that makes changes that need to be reflected in statute.
(Opposed) None.
Persons Testifying: Representative Bergquist, prime sponsor.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.