FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 2359

PARTIAL VETO

C 202 L 16

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Updating obsolete provisions and making technical corrections.

Sponsors: House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman and Jinkins; by request of Statute Law Committee).

House Committee on Judiciary

Senate Committee on Accountability & Reform

Background:

Duties of the Statute Law Committee.

The primary responsibilities of the Statute Law Committee (Committee) and the Code Reviser (Reviser) are to periodically codify, index, and publish the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and to revise, correct, and harmonize the statutes by means of administrative or suggested legislative action. The Committee, or the Reviser with the approval of the Committee, must periodically make written recommendations to the Legislature concerning deficiencies, conflicts, or obsolete provisions in the RCW.

Form Year Designations.

Throughout the RCW are provisions directing that certain forms, in substantially the form specified in the particular statute, be filed or used. A few examples of such forms include:

• notice of sale;

• writ of garnishment;

• declaration of completion of garnishment; and

• lien notice.

Generally, somewhere in the form there is a space where the reference to a date is to be inserted. In many of the statutory forms, in the space for the date the century is specified, such as "19__" and "20__."

Summary:

A variety of forms throughout the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) are amended to remove references to the twentieth century. Rather than specifying "19__" in the space where the date is to be inserted, the form language provides a general instruction to insert the year as follows: "(year)."

Certain obsolete and expired provisions are removed from the RCW. Other corrections are made to resolve conflicts in expiration dates and to harmonize multiple amendments to different versions of the same RCW section.

Several changes are made to the RCW sections related to the Secretary of State's Office. References to facsimile transmissions and signatures are amended to refer to electronic transmissions and signatures. Filings submitted by limited liability companies are included on the list of filings for which the Secretary of State may require a summary face sheet or cover sheet in order to expedite review. Multiple sections and provisions are repealed from the Secretary of State chapter.

Votes on Final Passage:

Partial Veto Summary: The Governor vetoed a provision of the bill that is duplicative of another bill that was enacted, House Bill 2800, which corrects a double amendment to a statutory provision concerning county legislative authorities.