House GOP Leaders Praise Henry's Action

House Republican leaders praised Governor Henry for signing a key piece of their government modernization agenda today.

House Bill 3325 was one of several bills introduced this session following an interim study focused on finding ways to make government more efficient.

The bill, authored by Rep. Jason W. Murphey, will modernize the state's invoicing process to allow for vendors to be paid electronically. Murphey said the representatives heard testimony about a high number of state checks being issued at a massive cost to taxpayers.

One vendor testified that the price of processing hundreds of checks was being factored into his cost of doing business with the state, essentially costing the taxpayers at both ends of the payment process.

Another reform provided in HB 3325 will allow the Department of Central Services to receive electronic returns on requests for services provided to the state.

During the interim study, the director of the Department of Central Services described how massive amounts of paperwork had to be processed, standardized, and electronically formatted by state employees after being received from vendors. Allowing for the electronic submission of bids should result in a significant savings to the Department of Central Services budget, Murphey said.

The bill was signed into law by the governor today and becomes effective Nov. 1.

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