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Subcommittee adopts overhaul to fiscal-review contract oversight, citing a $27 million example
Summary
A sponsor said amendments to expand the committee's review of contracts (including those valued at $250,000 or more) and eliminate commerce-impact statements will close a loophole that allowed a $27 million agency spending to avoid review. The subcommittee adopted the amendment and advanced the bill.
The sponsor, who co-chairs the Fiscal Review Staffing Committee, explained amendments to House Bill 2216 that would eliminate the requirement for commerce impact statements, remove a one-year threshold for contracts subject to committee review, and ensure contracts valued at $250,000 or more are subject to committee oversight.
The sponsor said the changes were intended to close a loophole that permitted an agency to tag on to an out-of-state contract and thereby avoid fiscal review, citing an example of an agency that spent $27,000,000 without fiscal review. Committee members adopted the amendment and voted to send the measure to full committee (5 ayes, 1 present not voting).
