HOUSE BILL REPORT

EHB 1859

This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it constitute a statement of legislative intent.

As Passed Legislature

Title: An act relating to the amendment, recodification, decodification, or repeal of statutes relating to state capital construction funds and accounts and bond authorizations that are inactive, obsolete, or no longer necessary for continued publication in the Revised Code of Washington.

Brief Description: Concerning the amendment, recodification, decodification, or repeal of statutes relating to state capital construction funds and accounts and bond authorizations that are inactive, obsolete, or no longer necessary for continued publication in the Revised Code of Washington.

Sponsors: Representatives Kilduff, Smith and Dunshee; by request of State Treasurer.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:

Capital Budget: 2/10/15, 2/17/15 [DP].

Floor Activity:

Passed House: 3/11/15, 98-0.

Passed House: 5/28/15, 92-0.

Passed Senate: 5/28/15, 43-0.

Passed Legislature.

Brief Summary of Engrossed Bill

  • Amends, recodifies, decodifies, or repeals statutes related to state capital construction funds, accounts, and bond authorizations that are inactive, obsolete, or no longer necessary for continued publication in the Revised Code of Washington.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL BUDGET

Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 9 members: Representatives Dunshee, Chair; Stanford, Vice Chair; DeBolt, Ranking Minority Member; Smith, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Kilduff, Kochmar, Peterson, Riccelli and Walsh.

Staff: Meg VanSchoorl (786-7105).

Background:

Chapter 251, Laws of 2013 (SSB 5287) required the Office of the State Treasurer, the Office of Financial Management, and the Code Reviser to review state statutes related to state capital construction funds, accounts and bond authorizations. Based on the review, they were required to submit legislation in 2015 to amend, repeal, or decodify statutes that are inactive, obsolete, or no longer necessary for continued publication in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).

Summary of Engrossed Bill:

A number of statutes related to state capital construction funds, accounts, and bond authorizations that are inactive, obsolete, or no longer necessary for continued publication in the RCW are decodified, recodified, amended, or repealed.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.

Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.

Staff Summary of Public Testimony:

(In support) This is a technical bill, the impetus for which was a bill that passed the Legislature in 2013. It is a joint work product of: the State Treasurer's Office and its bond counsel which identified a list of statutes to be included; the Office of Financial Management which reviewed the list; and the Code Reviser's Office which drafted the bill.

(Opposed) None.

Persons Testifying: Scott Merriman, Office of the State Treasurer; and Rosylyn Marcus, Office of Financial Management.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.