FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 25

PARTIAL VETO

                                  C 505 L 87

BYHouse Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives H. Sommers, B. Williams, Sayan, Holland, Brekke and P. King; by request of  Legislative Budget Committee)

Revising provisions for state publications.

House Committe on State Government

Senate Committee on Governmental Operations

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

In 1977, the legislature directed the Governor to "maximize the economy, efficiency and effectiveness" of state publications and also directed the Office of Financial Management to provide "guidelines" for the printing of state publications.

At the same time, over 100 statutory reporting requirements were modified or eliminated.

In 1986, the Legislative Budget Committee (LBC) conducted a review of current statutory state agency reporting requirements and noted that a substantial number have been enacted since 1977.  Subsequently, a LBC subcommittee directed the LBC staff to develop draft legislation to modify or eliminate many of those requirements.

SUMMARY:

State agency information reporting requirements are changed by:  (1) eliminating 62 reports; (2) requiring dissemination of some reports to the chairs of the appropriate House of Representatives and Senate standing committees and their respective staffs, instead of to all legislators; (3) standardizing reporting periods to a biennial basis and specifying that these reports are subject to the authority of the governor to consolidate state agency publications; and (4) limiting the duration of the reporting requirement for some state agency publications.

All state agency publications that must be made available to legislators are to be distributed through the Washington State Library.  The library will publish and distribute a list of these publications, and legislators may then request that specific publications be distributed to them.  Agencies may distribute publications directly to a legislator at their request.

The Office of Financial Management is charged with studying the state's furniture acquisition and replacement process and reporting to the legislature by January 1, 1988.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 97   0

      Senate    49     0(Senate amended)

      House 98   0(House concurred)

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987

Partial Veto Summary:  Provisions requiring the state library to distribute state agency publications to the legislature and requiring OFM to study the state's furniture acquisition and replacement policies are vetoed.  Distribution to the legislature of the annual report of the Office of Minority and Womens'  Business Enterprises is reinstated.  Sections are vetoed dealing with reports from the Department of Trade and Economic Development on federally tax-exempt private activity bonds and the Center for International Trade in Forest Products.  Both of these sections are repealed by other 1987 laws.  (See VETO MESSAGE)