03/11/2009 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE

HB 86-EXTENDING VETERINARY BOARD                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:28:55 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR OLSON announced that the final order of business would be                                                                 
HOUSE BILL NO. 86, "An Act  extending the termination date of the                                                               
Board  of Veterinary  Examiners; and  providing for  an effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
4:29:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KONRAD  JACKSON,  as  staff  to  the  House  Labor  and  Commerce                                                               
Standing Committee, sponsor of HB  86, explained that HB 86 would                                                               
extend the  Board of Veterinary  Examiners.  He related  that the                                                               
auditor's recommendations were to  extend the Board of Veterinary                                                               
Examiners to  June 30, 2017.   The auditors had  similar comments                                                               
to the  last bill, that  board member vacancies should  be filled                                                               
more timely and that license fees should be reduced.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
4:29:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PAT  DAVIDSON, Legislative  Auditor, explained  that HB  86 would                                                               
extend the Board  of Veterinary Examiners to June 30,  2017.  She                                                               
related the auditors  found that the board is  serving the public                                                               
interest in terms of its  mission.  The legislative auditors made                                                               
two  recommendations,  that  board  member  vacancies  should  be                                                               
filled timely to enable the board  to conduct its work.  And that                                                               
financially, a  surplus has  been growing  and that  license fees                                                               
should be reduced, she related.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MS.  DAVIDSON, in  response  to  Representative Holmes,  answered                                                               
that board members are appointed by the governor.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:31:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  OLSON,  after first  determining  no  one else  wished  to                                                               
testify, closed public testimony on HB 86.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:32:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN moved  to report HB 86 out  of committee with                                                               
individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal note.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There  being no  objection, HB  86  was reported  from the  House                                                               
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
4:32:49 PM