Virginia House Bill 1238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-01-29 - House: Continued to 2009 in Rules by voice vote

Commonwealth Realignment Commission. Creates the Commonwealth Realignment Commission in the legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the Commission is to (i) review the operations of state agencies and state-funded programs with a view toward the reduction of nonessential programs and expenditures; (ii) examine and promote methods of providing a portion or all of select government-provided or government-produced programs and services through the private sector by a competitive contracting program; and (iii) advise the Governor and the General Assembly of the Commission's findings and recommendations. The Commission shall consist of 10 members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker thereof, of whom at least five shall be members of the House Appropriations Committee, and five members from the Senate appointed by the Privileges and Elections Committee of the Senate, of whom at least two shall be members of the Finance Committee, and the Auditor of Public Accounts, ex officio, who shall have no voting privileges. The bill also eliminates the Commonwealth Competition Council and contains technical amendments. This bill was continued to the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Realignment Commission; created, report.

Del. Clifford Athey [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Del. Anne Crockett-Stark [R]
Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]	Del. Christopher Saxman [R]	Del. Beverly Sherwood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-29		House: Continued to 2009 in Rules by voice vote
2008-01-09		House: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-01-09		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081810712

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB1238