Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 44.48 · 17 active provisions
There is hereby created a legislative evaluation and accountability program committee which shall consist of four senators and four representatives from the legislature. The senate members of the committee shall be appointed by the president of the senate and the house members of the committee shall be appointed by the…
The term of office of the members of the committee who continue to be members of the senate and house shall be from the close of the session in which they were appointed or elected as provided in RCW 44.48.010 until the close of the next regular session during an odd-numbered year, or, in the event that such appointmen…
On and after the commencement of a succeeding regular session of the legislature during an odd-numbered year, those members of the committee who continue to be members of the senate and house, respectively, shall continue as members of the committee as indicated in RCW 44.48.020 and the committee shall continue with al…
The members of the committee shall serve without additional compensation, but shall be reimbursed in accordance with RCW 44.04.120 while attending sessions of the committee or meetings of any subcommittee of the committee, or on other committee business authorized by the committee.
The administration of the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee is subject to RCW 44.04.260.
Subject to RCW 44.04.260, all expenses incurred by the committee, including salaries and expenses of employees, shall be paid upon voucher forms as provided by the administrator and signed by the chair or vice chair of the committee and attested by the secretary of said committee, and the authority of said chair and se…
The committee shall have the power and duty to appoint its own chair, vice chair, and other officers; and to make rules for orderly procedure.
The committee shall acquire a data processing service capability under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the legislature acting through the committee and its administrator for the purpose of providing the legislature and its staff with the type of information required for in-depth analysis and monitoring of sta…
To carry out the provisions of RCW 44.48.070 the LEAP administration shall provide for:(1) Automated databases and application systems in support of legislative requirements to monitor, evaluate, analyze, report, and review;(2) Maintenance of computer software, application programs, databases, and related documentation…
The committee shall have the following powers:(1) To have timely access, upon written request of the administrator, to all machine readable, printed, and other data of state agencies relative to expenditures, budgets, and related fiscal matters;(2) To suggest changes relative to state accounting and reporting systems t…
The committee shall have the power to make reports to the legislature. The committee shall keep complete minutes of its meetings.
Each person who appears before the committee, other than a state official or employee, may upon request receive for attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record in accordance with the provisions of RCW 2.40.010, which shall be audited and paid upon the presentation of proper…
The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint an officer to be known as the LEAP administrator who shall be the executive officer of the committee and assist in its duties and shall compile information for the committee.Subject to RCW 44.04.260, the committee is hereby authorized and empowered to select a…
The committee is hereby expressly exempted from the provisions of chapter 43.105 RCW.
The committee shall cooperate, act, and function with Washington state legislative committees and may cooperate with the councils or committees of other states similar to this committee and with other interstate research organizations.
(1) By January 1, 2009, in collaboration with the office of financial management, using existing databases and structures currently shared, the office of the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee shall establish and make available to the public a searchable state expenditure information website. T…
The legislative evaluation and accountability program, in conjunction with the office of financial management, must create a website presentation accessible 24 hours a day beginning August 15th of each year containing the following information:(1)(a) A summary of each of the following:(i) The adopted operating budget a…