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ANALYSIS

General Government & Information Technology Committee

SB 5024

This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it constitute a statement of legislative intent.

Brief Description: Making conforming amendments made necessary by reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.

Sponsors: Senator Benton; by request of Department of Enterprise Services.

Brief Summary of Bill

  • Makes technical corrections needed as a result of reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.

Hearing Date:

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:Ÿ

Summary of 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. Department names are corrected, statutes in which the policy directives were completed are decodified, and statutes that are outdated or duplicative are repealed.

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.