(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
(a) A multiplicity of powers, duties, and functions have been assigned to the executive branch of state government in accordance with law and have been undertaken by the executive branch on its own initiative or at the behest of the federal government;
(b) Considerations such as avoidance of duplication, cost-effective service delivery, and efficient management of state government may have been overlooked in the assignment and undertaking of said powers, duties, and functions;
(c) While the initial assignment or undertaking of powers, duties, and functions may be reasonable, the assignment or undertaking may become obsolete because of changes in the nature of the problem sought to be solved or because of the passage of time;
(d) The interests of cost-effective and expedited delivery of services, avoidance of excessive tax burdens, and better government would be served by regular analytical review of the powers, duties, and functions of executive agencies by the general assembly for the purpose of determining whether there is a public need for continued existence of such powers, duties, and functions and whether the public need would be better served by the elimination, reassignment, or expansion of said powers, duties, and functions.
Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 307, � 1, effective June 15.
2-7-102. Assignment of departments for review - all principal departments subject to legislative oversight - composition of joint legislative oversight committees. (1) Beginning in 1980, a general assembly during its second regular session shall designate at least three principal departments for study by joint legislative oversight committees during the interim following the first regular session of the next general assembly. Each of the twenty principal departments shall be studied in this manner at least once before January 1, 1994. A joint legislative oversight committee may be assigned more than one principal department during each interim period.
(2) The legislative audit committee shall cause to be conducted a performance audit of each principal department designated by a general assembly during its second regular session for legislative oversight which audit shall be completed on or before the adjournment of the first regular session of the next general assembly. In conducting the audit, the legislative audit committee shall take into consideration, but not be limited to considering, the factors listed in section 2-7-103 (1). An audit of a principal department shall be forwarded to the joint legislative oversight committee which is to study said principal department.
(3) During the first regular session of the next general assembly, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall designate the appropriate joint committee of reference as the joint legislative oversight committee for a particular principal department and shall appoint the members of the joint legislative committee from among the members of the committee of reference in each house.
Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 308, � 1, effective June 15.