Sec. 8. The department is hereby authorized to make administrative and organizational surveys of the departments, institutions, boards, commissions, and other agencies to determine whether the activities thereof are essential to good government and are being carried on in an economical and efficient manner and without duplication, for the purpose of determining the feasibility of improving the administration of state government by the elimination of unnecessary positions and activities, the avoidance of duplication, and by the use of improved procedures and organization.
Formerly: Acts 1961, c.269, s.7.