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                                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5862

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, McDonald, Owen, Sellar, Erwin, Anderson, Amondson, Deccio, L. Smith, McCaslin, Hochstatter, Oke and Moyer)

Read first time 03/03/93.

Creating the competitive strategies task force.

          AN ACT Relating to purchase and delivery of government services; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  (1) The competitive strategies task force is established for the purposes of developing strategies for reducing the cost of government services or other public sector activities; improving the quality of services, without increasing costs, that citizens require; and, minimizing the role of government where market competition is able to achieve the social good without significant government interference.

          (2) The task force shall be composed of the following fifteen members:  The executive director of the commission for efficiency and accountability in government or his or her designee, who shall serve as chair; the governor or the governor's designee; the director of the department of general administration or his or her designee; a representative from each caucus of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; a representative from each caucus of the senate to be appointed by the president of the senate; two representatives from a major state-wide public employee union to be appointed by the governor; one representative from a major state-wide private sector union to be appointed by the governor; three representatives from major state-wide business organizations that represent a cross-section of private sector industry to be appointed by the governor; and two representatives from the general public to be appointed by the governor.

          (3) The task force shall:

          (a) Perform a thorough review and inventory of all state services and other activities of state government.

          (b) Identify various arrangements that the state government might implement as alternative methods to the purchase or delivery of necessary services.

          (c) Investigate efforts made by other states and nations to arrange for the use of competitive strategies.

          (d) Report its final findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than December 15, 1993, including any legislation the task force finds necessary for the implementation of the findings and recommendations.

          (4) The office of financial management shall provide the necessary staff support for the purposes of the task force.

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