HOUSE BILL REPORT
SB 5723
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As Reported by House Committee On:
Capital Budget
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: Senators Honeyford and Keiser; by request of State Treasurer and Office of Financial Management.
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Capital Budget: 4/2/15, 4/6/15 [DPA].
Brief Summary of Bill (As Amended by Committee) |
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL BUDGET |
Majority Report: Do pass as amended. 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).
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Summary of Amended 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inactive, obsolete, or no longer necessary for continued publication in the RCW are decodified, recodified, amended, or repealed.
Amended Bill Compared to Original Bill:
The bill as amended decodifies two additional RCW sections related to Community College bonds.
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Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date of Amended Bill: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony:
(In support) It is important that one of these decodification bills passes to get these statutes off of the books. We would like the two expired bond statutes related to the community and technical colleges added to this bill.
(Opposed) None.
Persons Testifying: Senator Honeyford, prime sponsor; and Scott Merriman, Office of the State Treasurer.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.