126th General Assembly

(As Passed by the General Assembly)

(Excluding appropriations, fund transfers, and similar provisions)

Reps. Schaffer, Beatty, Calvert, Cassell, Chandler, Combs, Daniels, DeBose, Distel, Domenick, C. Evans, D. Evans, Fende, Flowers, Gibbs, Kearns, Mason, McGregor, Miller, Otterman, T. Patton, Seitz, Setzer, Uecker, Willamowski, Williams

Sens. Hottinger, Cates, Clancy, Spada, Armbruster, Austria

Effective date: *

ACT SUMMARY

· Specifies that the Industrial Commission, rather than the Department of Administrative Services, may enter into contracts for, operate, and superintend the telephone, other telecommunication, and computer services for the Commission, but allows the Commission to contract with the Department to do so.

CONTENT AND OPERATION

Telephone, telecommunication, and computer services

Under continuing law, except as to the Military Department, the General Assembly, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC), and institutions administered by boards of trustees, the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) may make contracts for, operate, and superintend the telephone, other telecommunication, and computer services for state agencies. Nothing in continuing law precludes BWC from contracting with DAS for DAS to make contracts for, operate, or superintend those systems for BWC.

The act adds the Industrial Commission to the exceptions above, which allows the Commission to make contracts for, operate, and superintend the telephone, other telecommunication, and computer services for the Commission. The act also specifies that the Commission is not precluded from contracting with DAS for DAS to make contracts for, operate, and superintend those services for the Commission. (Sec. 125.021.)

HISTORY

ACTION	DATE	JOURNAL ENTRY

Introduced	02-15-05	p. 207
Reported, H. Finance & Appropriations	02-22-05	p. 226
Passed House (96-0)	02-23-05	pp. 234-235
Reported, S. Insurance, Commerce & Labor	03-08-05	pp. 266-267
Passed Senate (32-0)	03-08-05	pp. 269-270

05-hb65-126.doc/kl

* The Legislative Service Commission had not received formal notification of the effective date at the time this analysis was prepared. Additionally, the analysis may not reflect action taken by the Governor.