05/18/2003 01:03 PM Senate FIN

                                                                                                                                
     HOUSE BILL NO. 248                                                                                                         
     "An Act relating to the annual salary of the chief procurement                                                             
     officer; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was  the second hearing  for this bill  in the Senate  Finance                                                             
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Wilken stated that this bill, sponsored by the House Rules                                                             
Committee by  request of the Governor,  "changes the salary  of the                                                             
State's Chief  Procurement Officer  from Range  23 to Range  24. By                                                             
statute the  Chief Procurement Officer  is appointed to  a six-year                                                             
term and may be removed only for cause."                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Senator Taylor offered a motion  to move HB 248 from Committee with                                                             
individual recommendations  and accompanying  fiscal note.  He then                                                             
objected  to  the  motion  to  comment  that  this  bill  could  be                                                             
considered  as  addressing  a specific  interest  because  it  only                                                             
involves one person and one salary  range. He opined this provision                                                             
should have been included in other broader legislation.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator Taylor removed his objection.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator Olson  objected to ask the  date the salary range  for this                                                             
position was last changed.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
DAN  SPENCER,  Director,   Division  of  Administrative   Services,                                                             
Department of Administration,  was unsure, surmising  the pay range                                                             
has been unchanged since the enabling statute was first adopted.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Bunde  commented  this legislation  would  decrease  State                                                             
expenditures the deputy position is eliminated.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Without  objection  HB  248  with  zero fiscal  note  #2  from  the                                                             
Department of Administration, was MOVED from Committee.