§ 13-100-101 — Legislative declaration

(1) The general assembly finds,
determines, and declares that:

(a) The provision of administrative support services for independent agencies
created in the judicial department and associated appropriations should be as
efficient as possible;

(b) Since 2015, five additional independent agencies, not including the office
of administrative services for independent agencies, have been added to the judicial
department. Since their inception, none of these five independent agencies and the
independent ethics commission, established in 2007, have received direct
appropriations or other direct funding necessary to deliver internal support of the
administrative services outlined in section 13-100-103 (8)(a).

(c) The intent of the general assembly when creating each independent
agency was that the judicial department, through the office of the state court
administrator, could most efficiently provide centralized administrative support
services to the independent agencies. However, the judicial department has
increasingly limited or restricted administrative support services to these
independent agencies, and the independent agencies have not received access to
statewide systems and structures of support that are generally provided to state
programs.

(d) It is critical that the office of administrative services for independent
agencies be established for the provision of centralized administrative support
services for current and future independent agencies that are in need of
administrative support from the office of administrative services for independent
agencies. Furthermore, it is imperative that the judicial department, through the
office of the state court administrator, provide these administrative support
services for the office of administrative services for independent agencies and the
included agencies until the transition of services is complete, and effectively
partner with the office of administrative services for independent agencies and
support the transition of services described in this article 100 until the transition of
services is complete.

Legislative History

Source: Entire article R&RE, (SB 24-217), ch. 308, p. 2076, � 1, effective May 31.