CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2617

56th Legislature

2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 10, 2000

Yeas 91 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate February 28, 2000

Yeas 43 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2617 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2617

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Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Radcliff and Morris)

Read first time 01/27/2000. Referred to Committee on .

AN ACT Relating to vessels providing excursion services; amending 1995 c 361 s 4 (uncodified); and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. 1995 c 361 s 4 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

Effective ((~~January 1, 2001~~)) July 1, 2002, the following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) ((~~Section 1 of this act~~)) RCW 81.84.005 and 1995 c 361 s 1;

(2) ((~~Section 2 of this act~~)) RCW 81.84.007 and 1995 c 361 s 3; and

(3) ((~~Section 3 of this act~~)) RCW 81.84.015 and 1995 c 361 s 2.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. As part of the work of the legislative transportation committee task force on the utilities and transportation commission, the task force shall review vessel service conveying persons, excursion classification, and general issues regarding the distinction of the two classifications. To the greatest degree possible, the task force shall encourage input from interested or affected parties, and consider the impact of various regulatory classifications on tourism and trade.