THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Laura H. Thielen, Chair

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

TIME:

2:50 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 1514

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE AGENCIES.

Prohibits any state agency, including departments, offices, boards, agencies, authorities, instrumentalities, public corporations, other governmental organizations, and political subdivisions, from creating any corporate entity without the approval of the legislature.  Requires any corporate entity created by a state agency to provide a detailed accounting the legislature, attorney general, and auditor upon request.  Allows appropriations to a state agency to be withheld if a corporate entity within the state agency fails to provide a timely accounting upon request.  Establishes that any employee, officer, agent, or contractor of a state agency who improperly creates a corporate entity and transfers to that entity any moneys, property, or interest in property is guilty of theft.

 

GVO, JDC/WAM

SB 335

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Requires public meeting notices to include instructions regarding accommodations for persons with disabilities.  Requires boards to post public meeting notices in an accessible format on an electronic calendar on a website maintained by the State or the appropriate county, file a copy with the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office, retain a copy of proof of filing, and post a notice in the board's office for public inspection.  Requires the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate clerk's office to timely post paper or accessible electronic copies of all meeting notices in a central location in a public building.  Repeals provision stating that failure of the board, lieutenant governor's office, or county clerk's office to post meeting notices shall not require cancellation of the meeting.  Requires a meeting to be canceled when the written public notice or a copy with confirmed receipt from the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office is posted on an electronic calendar less than six days prior to the meeting.  Requires an emergency meeting agenda to be filed with confirmed receipt with the office of the lieutenant governor or the appropriate county clerk's office and posted in the board's office.

 

GVO, JDC

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Laura H. Thielen

Chair