Legislative Digest No. 50

	WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 50

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
Tuesday, March 31, 2009		79th Day - 2009 Regular Session

SENATE

SB 5898-S	SB 6129	SB 6130	SB 6131	SB 6132	SB 6133	SB 6134
SB 6135	SB 6136	SB 6137	SB 6138	SB 6139	SB 6140	SB 6141
SB 6142	SB 6143	SB 6144	SB 6145

HOUSE

HB 2315-S

HB 2326

This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.

Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2009.

House Bills

HB 2315-S

by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Takko and Darneille)

Regarding forest fire protection assessment refunds.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Directs the department of natural resources to: (1) Develop a revised forest fire protection assessment rate structure as recommended by the 2008 forest fire protection and prevention work group in order to more closely align assessments with actual forest wildfire protection costs;

(2) Consider reducing the rate paid by owners of unimproved parcels while adding a surcharge or applying a higher rate to parcels that include improvements such as homes and other structures to achieve the same value of assessment collection derived under the current rate structure; and

(3) Develop a definition of the term "improvement" as used for the purposes of the forest fire protection assessment rate structure.

Expires December 31, 2009.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 26	Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
Mar 27	AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Executive session in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.

HB 2326

by Representatives Clibborn and Williams

Authorizing bonds for the financing of eligible toll facilities.

Requires, upon the request of the department of transportation, a total of one billion two hundred million dollars of general obligation bonds of the state of Washington to be issued and sold in order to provide funds necessary for the location, design, right-of-way, and construction of selected projects or improvements on the state route number 520 corridor.

Requires the state finance committee, upon request of the department of transportation, as appropriate, to supervise and provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of the bonds in accordance with chapter 39.42 RCW.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 27	First reading, referred to Transportation.

Senate Bills

SB 5898-S

by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Pflug, Keiser, and Zarelli)

Creating a health care council.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Creates the Washington state apple health community care council as an emergency working group within the department of social and health services to work to preserve critical publicly funded medical assistance programs that provide medical coverage to families and adults while providing a solution for a single entry way for all medical programs available to the low-income populations in Washington state.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 18	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
Mar 26	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:00 AM.
Mar 27	HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	And refer to Ways & Means.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Referred to Ways & Means.

SB 6129

by Senator Prentice

Relating to fiscal matters.