SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5246

As Passed Senate, March 6, 2001

Title:  An act relating to salmon recovery funding board grant application deadlines.

Brief Description:  Adjusting deadlines for salmon recovery grant applications.

Sponsors:  Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Spanel, Swecker, Gardner, Regala and Parlette; by request of Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines:  1/24/01, 1/29/01 [DP].

Passed Senate:  3/6/01, 46-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, PARKS & SHORELINES

Majority Report:  Do pass.

Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Constantine, Hargrove, Morton, Oke, Snyder and Stevens.

Staff:  Ross Antipa (786‑7413)

Background:  The Salmon Recovery Funding Board is statutorily required to provide two grant evaluation cycles annually.

The board advocates that one grant cycle per year is more effective than two.

Summary of Bill:  The Salmon Recovery Funding Board funding evaluation must occur once per year.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  Two funding cycles per year requires salmon recovery lead entities to spend a significant portion of the year competing for grants.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  PRO:  Jim Fox, IAC/SKFB; Tim Smith, WDFW.