RCW 43.131.020
Findings. (Expires June 30, 2025.)
The state legislature finds that state entities may fail to deliver services as effectively and efficiently as is expected by the general public and as originally contemplated by the legislature. It further finds that state government actions have produced a substantial increase in numbers of entities, growth of programs, and proliferation of rules, and that the entire process has evolved without sufficient legislative and executive oversight, regulatory accountability, or a system of checks and balances. The legislature further finds that by establishing a system for the termination, continuation, or modification of state entities, coupled with a system of scheduled review of such entities, it will be in a better position to: Evaluate the need for the continued existence of existing and future state entities; assess the effectiveness and performance of agencies, boards, commissions, and programs; and ensure public accountability. The legislature recognizes that the executive branch shares in this duty and responsibility to assure that state government operates in an efficient, orderly, and responsive manner.
[ 2000 c 189 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 289 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.131 - Washington Sunset Act of 1977.
43.131.040 - Reestablishment of entity scheduled for termination—Review.
43.131.051 - Program and fiscal review—Reports.
43.131.071 - Scope of review—Recommendations to the legislature.
43.131.100 - Termination of entity—Pending business—Savings.
43.131.110 - Committees—Reference to include successor.
43.131.130 - Legislature—Powers unaffected by enactment of chapter.
43.131.150 - Termination of entities—Review under Sunset Act.
43.131.393 - Underground storage tank program—Termination.
43.131.394 - Underground storage tank program—Repeal.
43.131.400 - Program review—Rangeland damage.
43.131.407 - Alternative public works contracting procedures—Termination.
43.131.408 - Alternative public works contracting procedures—Repeal.
43.131.417 - Joint center for aerospace technology innovation—Termination.
43.131.418 - Joint center for aerospace technology innovation—Repeal.
43.131.419 - Medicaid fraud false claims act—Termination.
43.131.420 - Medicaid fraud false claims act—Repeal.
43.131.421 - Mercury-containing lights product stewardship program—Termination.
43.131.422 - Mercury-containing lights product stewardship program—Repeal.
43.131.423 - Drug take-back program—Termination.
43.131.424 - Drug take-back program—Repeal.
43.131.425 - Office of the corrections ombuds—Termination.
43.131.426 - Office of the corrections ombuds—Repeal.
43.131.427 - Washington dual enrollment scholarship pilot program—Termination.
43.131.428 - Washington dual enrollment scholarship pilot program—Repeal.
43.131.900 - Expiration of RCW 43.131.010 through 43.131.150—Exception.