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FORTY-FOURTH DAY

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NOON SESSION

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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Tuesday, February 22, 2000

      The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Pro Tempore Wojahn. No roll call was taken.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Spanel, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

February 21, 2000

ESHB 2078        Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Natural Resources: Merging Titles 75 and 77 RCW. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

February 21, 2000

SHB 2399          Prime Sponsor, House Committee on Judiciary: Making technical corrections to Titles 76, 78, 79, and 79A RCW. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

February 21, 2000

HB 2722            Prime Sponsor, Representative Kenney: Excluding exempt positions from bargaining units of employees of institutions of higher education governed by chapter 41.56 RCW. Reported by Committee on Higher Education

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Kohl-Welles, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Bauer, McAuliffe, Sheahan and B. Sheldon.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS

February 21, 2000

GA 9199            CECILIA VOGT, appointed February 9, 1999, for a term ending December 31, 2004, as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission.

                           Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9211            GREGORY COSTELLO, reappointed March 2, 1999, for a term ending January 1, 2005, as a member of the Forest Practices Appeals Board.

                           Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9259            EGIL KROGH, appointed September 13, 1999, for a term ending December 31, 2001, as a member of the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation.

                           Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9265            JAMES O. LUCE, appointed June 13, 1999, for a term ending June 12, 2003, as a member of the Columbia River Gorge Bi-State Commission.

                           Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9266            RUTH M. MAHAN, reappointed September 13, 1999, for a term ending December 31, 2001, as a member of the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation.

                           Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9278            ROBERT L. PARLETTE, reappointed September 13, 1999, for a term ending December 31, 2001, as a member of the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation.

                           Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9285            KEVIN M. RAYMOND, appointed August 23, 1999, for a term ending September 30, 2003, as a member of the Board of Trustees for Western Washington University.

                           Reported by Committee on Higher Education

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said appointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Kohl-Welles, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Bauer, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Sheahan and B. Sheldon.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9307            DAWN M. REYNOLDS, appointed November 24, 1999, for a term ending December 30, 2000, as a member of the Fish and Wildlife Commission.

                           Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9301            NANCY TRUITT PIERCE, reappointed October 1, 1999, for a term ending September 30, 2000, as a member of the Board of Trustees for Everett Community College District No. 5.

                           Reported by Committee on Higher Education

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Kohl-Welles, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Bauer, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Sheahan and B. Sheldon.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9318            MARK MAYS, reappointed October 28, 1999, for a term ending September 30, 2003, as a member of the Board of Trustees for Eastern Washington University.

                           Reported by Committee on Higher Education

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Kohl-Welles, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Bauer, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Sheahan and B. Sheldon.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

February 21, 2000

GA 9324            DONNA DeJARNATT, reappointed January 21, 2000, for a term ending September 30, 2002, as a member of the Board of Trustees for Lower Columbia Community College District No. 13.

                           Reported by Committee on Higher Education

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That said reappointment be confirmed. Signed by Senators Kohl-Welles, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Bauer, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Sheahan and B. Sheldon.

      Passed to the Committee on Rules.

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR

GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT

February 2, 2000

TO THE HONORABLE, THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      I have the honor to submit the following appointment, subject to your confirmation.

       Bertha M. Goehner, appointed February 2, 2000, for a term ending September 30, 2004, as a member of Board of Trustees for Wenatchee Valley Community College District No. 15.

Sincerely,

GARY LOCKE, Governor

      Referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

MOTION

      At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Spanel, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 23, 2000.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

TONY M. COOK, Secretary of the Senate