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 first  hearing  for this  bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
DAN  SPENCER,   Director,  Division   of  Administrative   Services,                                                            
Department  of  Administration,  informed  the Committee  that  this                                                            
legislation  would  change the  salary  range for  the Department's                                                             
Chief Procurement Officer  (CPO) from its current statutory Range 23                                                            
to a Range  24. He stated that the  CPO has assumed duties  formerly                                                            
conducted by the  Director of the Division General  Services, as, he                                                            
continued,  the  Director's  position  has been  reclassified  to  a                                                            
Deputy Director.  He noted that the Deputy Director,  along with the                                                            
Department's leasing  manager and contracting officer,  would report                                                            
to the CPO.  These changes, he continued,  would generate  "a slight                                                            
cost saving" for the Division.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green ordered the bill HELD in Committee.