HARRISBURG – State senators in Harrisburg approved legislation to streamline state government operations by eliminating outdated, unnecessary, and inactive boards, commissions, and advisory committees. Senate Bill 755 would eliminate 13 government entities that are expired, dormant, no longer have any members or are unnecessary. Examples include the Greater PA Council that has been long dormant; the Senior Citizen Advisory Committee, whose duties were all assumed by a different committee; the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Commission, which expired in 1987; and the Climate Change Advisory Committee, which has produced no specific beneficial outcomes while continuing to spend taxpayer dollars. The bill now advances to the PA House.
