State Representative Doug Collins' (R-Gainesville) legislation House Bill 642, passed Tuesday by a vote of 134 to 27. The measure will abolish two state agencies and save taxpayers an estimated $1 million to $2.6 million, according to Collins' office.
"Since I took office, one of my main goals has been to cut the size of government with common sense solutions in order to make government more cost-effective," said Rep. Collins. "HB 642 consolidates two state agencies so that taxpayers' dollars are saved and unnecessary bureaucracy is trimmed."
HB 642 would abolish the State Properties Commission and the State Personnel Administration, transferring the agencies' functions to the Georgia Services Administration. The Georgia Services Administration would be a newly formed agency that succeeds the Department of Administrative Services. The Georgia Aviation Authority, the State Accounting Office, the Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services, the Georgia Building Authority, the Office of State Administrative Hearings and the Georgia Technology Authority would receive administrative assignment to the Georgia Services Administration.
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