HOUSE BILL REPORT

SSB 5033

As Amended by the House

BYSenate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pullen, Niemi and Rasmussen)

Making technical corrections in the revised code of Washington.

House Committe on Judiciary

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (14)

      Signed by Representatives Appelwick, Chair; Crane, Vice Chair; Padden, Ranking Republican Member; Belcher, Dellwo, Hargrove, Inslee, P. King, Moyer, H. Myers, Patrick, Schmidt, D. Sommers and Tate.

House Staff:Bill Perry (786-7123)

AS PASSED HOUSE MARCH 29, 1989 1989

BACKGROUND:

Several RCW provisions contain unclear, ambiguous, or misleading language.  A provision which refers to the law governing inter-vivos trust creation does not clearly identify the governing statutes.  The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is incorrectly identified as the publisher of equivalent coupon issue yield.  In usury penalty provisions, gender-specific language and ambiguous terminology is used.  A provision relating to buyer cancellation of transactions is organized in a way which may confuse the reader.  Handicapped access provisions contain obsolete and misleading references to the 1973 Washington State Building Code.  A general statute of limitations provision was apparently inadvertently deleted in 1984.

SUMMARY:

A provision which generally refers to the law governing inter-vivos trust creation is replaced with specific numbered sections.  References to the Federal Reserve Bank are corrected. In usury penalty provisions, gender specific language is replaced by nongender specific language.  In the same usury penalty provisions, "this act" is changed to "this chapter" to avoid ambiguity.  A provision relating to buyer cancellation of transactions is repositioned to make the procedure more understandable for the reader.  Obsolete and misleading references to the 1973 Washington State Building Code are deleted and changed to reflect 1988 designations under the Uniform Building Code.  A general statute of limitations period provision, inadvertently deleted in 1984, is replaced.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.