Bill Text: IN SB0366 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Capital access program and agency evaluations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations [SB0366 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0366-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 2-5-21.
Synopsis: Capital access program and agency evaluations. Requires
the chairperson of the legislative council to appoint a committee to
evaluate various state agencies and programs on a schedule beginning
in 2012 and ending in 2026. Provides that in 2012 a committee shall
evaluate agencies and programs with commerce or economic
development matters as their major function, including the Indiana
economic development corporation (IEDC). Provides that any savings
resulting from a committee recommendation must be used for the
capital access program.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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(1) Agencies and programs with commerce or economic development matters as their major function during 2012. The committee and the subcommittee shall include in the evaluation under this subdivision all programs administered by the Indiana economic development corporation established by IC 5-28-3-1.
(4) Agencies and programs with agricultural matters as their major function during
(5) Agencies and programs with human resources or economic security as their major function during
(6) Agencies and programs with management or administration as their major function during
(7) Agencies and programs with corrections or judicial matters as their major function during
(8) Agencies and programs with public safety matters as their major function during
(9) Agencies and programs with education matters as their major function during
(10) Agencies and programs with human services as their major function during
(11) Agencies and programs with labor matters as their major function during
(12) Agencies and programs with taxation or finance as their major function during
(13) Agencies and programs with business regulation as their major function during
(14) Agencies and programs with health matters as their major function during
(15) Agencies and programs with natural resources or recreation as their major function during
(b) The committee shall be appointed before July 1 of the year the agencies and programs are required to be evaluated under this section.
(c) The council by resolution may do any of the following with respect to agencies and programs evaluated under this section:
(1) Require evaluation of agencies and programs in an order different from the order specified in subsection (a).
(2) Assign specific topics or issues for audit and evaluation by staff and a committee.
(3) Assign areas for audit and evaluation in classifications different from the areas described in subsection (a).
(1) Review audit reports.
(2) Take testimony regarding audit reports and other areas the committee considers related to the committee's work.
(3) Make recommendations for legislation.
(4) Make recommendations for administrative changes.
(b) With respect to agencies and programs with commerce or economic development matters as their major function, including the Indiana economic development corporation established by IC 5-28-3-1, the committee shall include with any recommendation for legislation or administrative change, an estimate of the amount of state fund savings that would result from implementing the recommendation. If a recommendation results in savings to a state fund, as determined by the budget agency, the amount of the savings shall be transferred from the state fund to which the savings are attributable to the capital access account, as defined in IC 5-28-29-4.
