A. A statewide competitive government program shall be established within the governor’s office of management and budget. The program shall emphasize this state’s fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers by encouraging value in the provision and delivery of state services by identifying and pursuing opportunities for increasing the use of market forces in the delivery of state services, while preventing unfair competition between state agencies and the private sector.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-2772

  • Competitive government process: means the process, as developed by the governor's office of management and budget, designed to standardize the methodology for how the state identifies and evaluates state functions to determine if future competitive contracting with the private sector and other state agencies is in the best interest of this state. See Arizona Laws 41-2771
  • Competitive government program: means the program, as developed by the governor's office of management and budget, designed to manage the process of introducing private sector and interagency competition into the delivery of state goods and services. See Arizona Laws 41-2771
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Function: means a good or service that is provided through the direct efforts of state employees. See Arizona Laws 41-2771
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Office: means the governor's office of management and budget, established by executive order, or its successor. See Arizona Laws 41-2771
  • State agency: means any executive department, office, commission, institution, board or other executive agency of state organization regardless of whether monies are appropriated to the agency. See Arizona Laws 41-2771

B. The competitive government process shall be utilized whenever a state agency chooses to, or is compelled to, privatize a state function or program currently provided through the direct use of state employees.

C. The Arizona board of regents and the community college districts shall develop a program comparable to the competitive government program for themselves and institutions under their jurisdiction and shall present a report to the office on or before October 1 of each year that contains a summary of all activities conducted by the Arizona board of regents and community college districts relating to competitive government activities. The office may require oral or written status reports relating to competitive government activities from the state agencies as deemed necessary.