HF3294 Summary

• Creates the Sunset Advisory Commission with 12 members (3 senators, 3 house members, 6 public members with business/finance expertise) appointed by the governor to review state agencies before their sunset dates.

• Establishes a staggered review schedule with six groups of state agencies expiring on specified dates between June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2021, with the commission making recommendations to abolish, continue, or reorganize each agency.

• Commission must conduct public hearings, verify agency reports, and evaluate agencies against 12 criteria including efficiency, mission achievement, alternative service methods, overlap with other agencies, and compliance with federal and state law.

• Requires agencies subject to sunset review to submit priority-based budgets and reports to the commission before September 1 of the odd-numbered year preceding their review deadline.

• Allows the legislature to continue an agency for up to 12 years during the session when the sunset report is received; permits employees displaced by agency abolition or reorganization to be relocated by their state agency.