Section 1 of the bill requires a department to annually submit a report of all unfunded programs (report) to staff of legislative council (staff) along with a SMART Act report. An "unfunded program" is defined as any program, service, study, or other function that a department is required or permitted by law to undertake, but for which the department has not received an appropriation or money from any other source for the last 6 fiscal years. Staff will provide the report to the applicable SMART Act joint committee of reference and a compilation of the reports to the statutory revision committee. The department is required to include the report in its SMART Act presentation to the joint committee of reference.
Section 2 authorizes the statutory revision committee to recommend legislation to repeal an unfunded program included in the report.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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Statutes affected:
Introduced (02/25/2020): 2-7-203, 2-3-902
Engrossed (03/11/2020): 2-7-203, 2-3-902
Reengrossed (03/12/2020): 2-7-203, 2-3-902