HOUSE BILL REPORT
SB 5024
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As Reported by House Committee On:
General Government & Information Technology
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: Senator Benton; by request of Department of Enterprise Services.
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
General Government & Information Technology: 3/24/15, 3/31/15 [DPA].
Brief Summary of Bill (As Amended by Committee) |
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
Majority Report: Do pass as amended. Signed by 7 members: Representatives Hudgins, Chair; Senn, Vice Chair; MacEwen, Ranking Minority Member; Caldier, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; McCabe, Morris and Takko.
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.
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Summary of Amended 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names are corrected, statutes in which the policy directives were completed are decodified, and statutes that are outdated or duplicative are repealed.
Amended Bill Compared to Original Bill:
The amendment added two more conforming amendments to the bill that changes the "Department of Information Services" to the "Consolidated Technology Services Agency" for purposes of jury lists and exemptions pertaining to the right of reversion to civil service status.
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Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Effective Date of Amended Bill: 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 passed the Senate unanimously.
(Opposed) None.
Persons Testifying: Jarrett Sacks, Department of Enterprise Services.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.