House targets nearly 50 panels for elimination or consolidation


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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Nearly four dozen state boards, commissions and committees would be killed or consolidated under a House bill overwhelming passed Wednesday.

The bill, intended to shrink state government, passed the House 96-1.

According to one of its sponsors, Rep. John Driscoll, D-Spokane, the proposal would save an estimated $500,000 per year on expenses ranging from stationery to travel. Members of the panels typically serve without pay.

The House bill must be reconciled with a similar measure approved in the Senate.

Some of the panels retired by House Bill 2617 were established more than 30 years ago; others have been around just a few years. What links them is an agreement by legislators that, however valuable they may once have been, they are no longer needed, according to a news release from Driscoll.

Here’s a list of the boards, commissions and committees scheduled for elimination or consolidation under the House bill:

• Airport Impact Mitigation Advisory Board
• Athletic Training Advisory Committee
• Basic Health Advisory Committee
• Boards of Law Enforcement and Correctional Training Standards
• Citizens Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
• Combined Fund Drive
• Committee on Agency Officials’ Salaries
• Community Transition Coordination Networks Advisory Committee
• Driver Instructor Advisory Committee
• Emergency Medical Services Licensing and Certification Advisory Committee
• Employee Retirement Benefits Board
• Environmental Land Use Hearings Board
• Family Practice Education Advisory Board
• Fire Protection Policy Board
• Hazardous Substance Mixed Waste Advisory Board
• Health and Welfare Advisory Board
• Property and Liability Advisory Board
• Higher Education Coordinating Board Advisory Council
• Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Advisory Group
• Industry Cluster Advisory Commission
• Integrated Justice Information Board
• Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
• K-20 Educational Network Board
• K-20 Network Technical Steering Committee
• Land Bank Technical Advisory Committee
• Migratory Waterfowl Art Committee
• Mortgage Broker Commission
• Oil Spill Advisory Committee
• Olympic Natural Resources Center Policy Advisory Board
• On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems Alternative Systems Technical Review Committee
• On-Site Wastewater Technical Advisory Committee
• Orthodontics and Prosthetics Advisory Committee
• Interagency Integrated Pest Management Coordinating Committee
• Performance Audit Citizens’ Advisory Board
• Pesticide Advisory Board
• Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group Advisory Board
• Revenue-Simplified Sales and Use Tax Administrative Advisory Group
• Special License Plate Review Board
• State Board on Geographic Names
• Solid Waste Advisory Committee
• Strategic Health Care Planning Office Technical Advisory Committee
• Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission
• Veterans Innovation Program Board
• Washington Main Street Advisory Committee
• Water Supply Advisory Committee
• Western States School Bus Advisory Commission
• Women’s History Consortium Board of Advisors

-- Yakima Herald-Republic



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Posted by MoxeeKid at 03/11/10 10:38AM        Post ID#: #28223

House targets nearly 50 panels for elimination or consolidation:


and not a minute too soon..

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Posted by alokalyokal at 03/11/10 02:26PM        Post ID#: #28270

I'm seeing it with my own eyes and I still don't believe it.

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Posted by rjames at 03/11/10 05:13PM        Post ID#: #28304

"Migratory Waterfowl Art Committee"

How will our state survive without this?

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Posted by MoxeeKid at 03/11/10 05:24PM        Post ID#: #28308

rjames:

"Migratory Waterfowl Art Committee"
"How will our state survive without this?"

I dunno... you and huh have been paying for it...(:o))

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Posted by MoxeeKid at 03/11/10 05:28PM        Post ID#: #28309

"Special License Plate Review Board"

Now there's one that breaks my heart to lose..(;o))

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Posted by rjames at 03/11/10 07:19PM        Post ID#: #28318

heh, I missed that one MK.

Does anyone believe that there aren't more of these ridiculous wastes of tax payer money still left in the state budget?

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Posted by overfifty at 03/11/10 07:32PM        Post ID#: #28320

On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems Alternative Systems Technical Review Committee

HUH?
Translation?...where to send the $#!* when there's no room left to store the $#!* on sight? Who knew $#!* was so technical...go figure...ha!

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Posted by alokalyokal at 03/11/10 09:17PM        Post ID#: #28325

I think we're missing a detail. Some of these are marked for elimination OR consolidation, so the Migratory Waterfowl Art committee could be joined with the Committee on Agency Officials

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Posted by rjames at 03/11/10 09:34PM        Post ID#: #28326

"Some of these are marked for elimination OR consolidation, so the Migratory Waterfowl Art committee could be joined with the Committee on Agency Officials

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