HB2414 - 452R - House Bill Summary

House of Representatives

HB 2414

~~comprehensive health insurance plan~~

(now: agency reports; web site posting)

Sponsor: Representatives Leff, Blendu, Robson

W/D	Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
W/D	Committee on Appropriations
DPA S/E	Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
DPA S/E	Caucus and COW
DPA	Third Read
DPA	As Passed the House
X	As Transmitted to the Governor

HB 2414 requires state agencies to post their annual reports to the web site they maintain and provide notification to all pertinent parties.

History

Current law pertaining to copies of an annual report states:

Unless otherwise specifically required by law, each agency, board, commission, and department which prepares an annual report of its activities shall prepare and distribute as provided by law copies of such annual report on twenty pound bond paper printed with black ink except that the cover and back pages may be of sixty-five pound or less cover paper.

With recent advances in technology, most state agencies maintain web sites easily accessible to the public. Most agency information is already posted to these web sites. HB 2414 would require all state agencies with a web site to post their annual reports on the web as well. If the annual reports were posted on the web the agency would only have to distribute several printed copies, thus saving money on printing.

Provisions of the Proposed Strike Everything Amendment

· Stipulates that an agency that maintains a web site must post a copy of any annual report on the web site.

· Provides direction for distribution of notification and printed copies.

· Dictates that an agency that posts an annual report on its web site cannot distribute printed copies of the report except:

-To the Governor, the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, and the Director of the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, if required by law

-Pursuant to a request under Title 39 (public records)

· Requires all printed copies to comply with current statutory requirements.

· Contains Session Law requiring an agency to report the savings to JLBC.

· Exempts the State Compensation Fund from the statutory provisions requiring a website as well as the requirement to post the agency report.

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· 45th Legislature