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Committee reviews draft to create two-year pilot Government Accountability Committee
Summary
Legislative Council presented draft 2.2 of House Bill 67 to create a pilot Government Accountability Committee (GACC) with five voting members and three nonvoting advisors, reporting to the House and Senate Government Operations committees; the pilot has no subpoena power, a $2,000 appropriation for per diems, and sunsets on 06/30/2029.
Legislative Council counsel Tim Devlin told the committee the strike-all amendment to House Bill 67 would establish a pilot Government Accountability Committee to examine how evidence is used in policymaking and how state laws are implemented.
"For the record, my name is Tim Devlin, Legislative Council," Devlin said as he outlined draft 2.2, describing a panel intended to promote "consistent and transparent accountability practices through simple, clear, independent, objective, fast fact-based processes." The draft presented a detailed list of duties, membership rules and reporting deadlines.
Under the proposal, the pilot would have five voting members — two House members appointed by the Speaker, two Senate members appointed by the Committee on Committees, and one former legislator appointed by the Governor — plus three nonvoting members: the Chief Performance Officer (or designee), the Auditor of Accounts (or designee), and one additional appointed member with…
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