Bill > HB200

This bill aims to streamline and reduce state agency publications by modifying various reporting and publication requirements across multiple state departments. Specifically, the bill changes several existing laws to eliminate or reduce mandatory reporting and publication requirements, such as removing requirements for printed publications, reducing the frequency of reports, and shifting from physical to electronic publication methods. Key changes include: requiring the Department of Natural Resources to identify rights-of-way every 10 years instead of annually; eliminating some specific reporting requirements for departments like the Department of Health and Social Services; removing mandates to publish certain financial statements in newspapers and instead requiring them to be posted online; and instructing state agencies to compile lists of their publications every 10 years (instead of every two years) and identify which publications are outdated, duplicative, or could be delivered electronically. The bill also repeals numerous sections of existing laws related to reporting and publication requirements, with the overall goal of reducing bureaucratic paperwork, saving printing costs, and modernizing how state agencies communicate information to the public and legislature.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB200