S.B. 583

VETOES

THE COMMISSION SHALL:

(1)      FOR PURPOSES OF REALIZING COST EFFICIENCY, IDENTIFY
PROGRAMS AND SUBUNITS WITHIN GOVERNMENTAL UNITS THAT COULD BE
REORGANIZED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MERGING, MODIFYING, OR
ELIMINATING, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CONCOMITANT REDUCTION
OR SHIFTING OF PERSONNEL;

(2)      TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY EXPENDITURES WITHOUT
COMPROMISING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE DELIVERY OR THREATENING THE
HEALTH, WELFARE, AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE,
ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSALS FOR THE PRIVATIZATION OF
SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICES AND DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE
DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES COULD BE COMPETITIVELY BID WITH THE PRIVATE
SECTOR;

(3)      ASSESS THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EXISTING STATE MANDATES
IMPOSED ON GOVERNMENTAL UNITS AND OF PROPOSALS FOR HELPING TO
MITIGATE THE FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE MANDATES; .

(4)      STUDY THE OPERATIONS OF AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY
GOVERNMENTAL UNITS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP NEW MECHANISMS AND
PROCEDURES TO CONTROL THE COSTS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL
UNITS;

(5)      TO FACILITATE ITS STUDY OF THE OPERATIONS AND SERVICES OF A
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT, EXAMINE THE NONPRIVILEGED RECORDS AND OTHER
DATA OF THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IN RELEVANT AREAS OF INTEREST TO THE
COMMISSION, INCLUDING DATA THAT RELATES TO:

(I)       CONTRACTING AND PURCHASING POLICIES;

(II)     ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE;

(III)    BUDGET AND FINANCE; AND

(IV)    PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PRACTICES;

(6)      ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE MANAGERIAL EFFICIENCY AND COST
EFFICIENCY OF THE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITS;

(7)      ASCERTAIN AND ENCOURAGE THE USE OF SERVICES THAT COULD
BE MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO ASSIST STATE AGENCIES IN RESEARCH, PROBLEM
SOLVING, AND RELATED ASSISTANCE AS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO CONTRACTING
WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR;

(8)      IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE WAYS AND MEANS BY WHICH SPECIFIC
OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITS COULD BECOME FISCALLY
SELF-SUSTAINING;

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