SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5326

As Reported By Senate Committee On:

Transportation, March 21, 2001

Title:  An act relating to transportation funding and appropriations.

Brief Description:  Making supplemental transportation appropriations.

Sponsors:  Senators Haugen, West and Gardner; by request of Governor Locke.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Transportation:  3/20/01, 3/21/01 [DPS].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5326 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Benton, Eide, Finkbeiner, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, McAuliffe, McDonald, Patterson, Prentice, Shin and Swecker.

Staff:  Jennifer Strus (786‑7484)

Background:  Appropriations for the operations of major transportation agencies and some smaller transportation and general government agencies are made on the basis of a fiscal biennium that begins on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.

Summary of Substitute Bill:  The supplemental appropriation for the 1999-01 biennium provides a net $17.9 million increase to expenditures.

Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill:  The original bill was not considered.

Appropriation:  Various.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  No one.