Gov. Chris Gregoire unveiled her latest plan this morning to help pull the state out of the largest economic crisis in decades -- eliminating more than 150 boards and commissions that oversee and advised different parts of state government.

The move, which the Office of Financial Management says would save the state about $15 million over the next two years, includes cutting everything from the Ferry Advisory Committees to the Western State Hospital Advisory Board. The state currently has 470 boards and committees.

UPDATE: You can see the list of boards and commissions Gregoire wants to eliminate here.

The proposal would not impact agricultural commissions, or groups that regulate or govern, such as the clemency and pardons board or the public disclosure commission.

Several agencies would be consolidated in the move, including the Health Care Authority and the Department of Retirement Systems. The Department of Archeology & Historical Preservation and State Parks would be merged.

Gregoire's cost-cutting proposal also includes closing down 25 of the state's 66 Department of Licensing offices, but upgrading technology and expanding hours of operation at "regional" DOL offices in Everett, Kent, Lynnwood, Renton, Spokane, Kennewick, Kirkland, Puyallup, South Tacoma and West Seattle.

"This is not about short-term thinking -- it is about changing the way we do business for the long term," Gregoire said in a news release.

The governor foreshadowed many of the changes in her inaugural address last month. The proposal has support from much of the Legislature.

"We're already rated one of the best-managed states in the country. We want to be number one," Sen. Eric Oemig, D-Kirkland, said this morning.