ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives today passed State Representative Doug Collins’ (R-Gainesville) legislation to abolish two state agencies and save taxpayers an estimated $1 million to $2.6 million. The legislation, House Bill 642, passed by a vote of 134 to 27, showing broad bipartisan support for the measure.
“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.
Representative Doug Collins represents the citizens of District 27, which includes portions of Hall, Lumpkin, and White counties. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 2006, and is currently one of the Governor’s Administrative Floor Leaders. Rep. Collins serves on the Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee, the Appropriations Committee, Health & Human Services, Judiciary Non- Civil and Public Safety & Homeland Security committees.
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