Washington State House of Representatives Office of Program Research | BILL ANALYSIS |
Government Accountability & Oversight Committee |
HB 2098
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Brief Description: Making conforming amendments made necessary by reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
Sponsors: Representatives Bergquist, Buys, Hunt, Manweller, Hudgins, Morrell and Haigh.
Brief Summary of Bill |
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Hearing Date: 1/20/14
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 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.