The Sunset Review Committee, which periodically reviews the necessity of dozens of state boards, commissions and other entities, will commence business Oct. 20.
The nine-member panel is asking the Ohio Architect and Landscape Architect Boards as well as other agencies to complete a standardized questionnaire on their purpose, workload, staff and historical budget trends, among other information.
The state budget bill, HB64, directed the Sunset Review Committee to “consider and evaluate the usefulness, performance, and effectiveness” of the Ohio Landscape Architects Board and the Architects Board… and “specifically to consider and make recommendations to the General Assembly, by June 1, 2016, regarding whether or not the Ohio Landscape Architects Board and the Architects Board should be combined to improve efficiency and save costs.”