Brief (1)
SB 451 would repeal the statute requiring Kansas, Inc. to contract for periodic evaluations of the Kansas Performance Review Board. Existing law requires Kansas, Inc. to contract after July 1, 2000, and every three years thereafter, for an external review of the Board's activities and report the findings to the next successive session of the Legislature. Existing law also requires that Kansas, Inc.'s report to the Legislature include: the disposition of every government function reviewed by the Board; a cost benefit analysis of any of the Board's recommendations which are actually implemented; and a recommendation to continue or discontinue the Board.
Background
Kansas, Inc. staff explained the actions that resulted in the recommended introduction of this bill. In July 1999, in anticipation of the FY 2001 budget submission, Kansas, Inc. prepared and issued an announcement for a request for proposal (RFP) to over 200 researchers throughout the United States. The deadline for proposals to evaluate the Kansas Performance Review Board was September 1, 1999. In response to the RFP, Kansas, Inc. staff received a total of five proposals, including four acceptable proposals with costs ranging from $52,796 to $133,789. Kansas, Inc. staff included in the agency's budget submission for FY 2001 an enhancement request of $55,000 to contract with a researcher and print the results of the evaluation. At its meeting on September 17, 1999, the Kansas, Inc. Board of Directors directed staff to delete the amount of $55,000 from the agency's budget request. In a letter dated September 27, 1999, Kansas, Inc. formally withdrew its request for that amount.
Bob Stockwell, Executive Director, Kansas Performance Review Board, presented information on the disposition of the Board's performance reviews and identified the cumulative investments in the Board's operations and savings realized by state government as a result of the Board's activities. Mr. Stockwell also distributed copies of the report summarizing the Board's operations from July 1, 1997 through June 30, 1999.
The Division of the Budget's fiscal note reports that passage of the bill would have no effect in FY 2001, as the Governor recommended no funds for an evaluation of the Board.
1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/bill_search.html