1330-S AMH NEAL KAVA4

SHB 1330 - H COMM AMDS 385 FAILED 4-6-91

      By Representatives Nealey and Beck

      On page 61, line 4, strike "$2,359,000" and insert "$2,570,000"

      On page 61, line 12, strike "$37,679,000" and insert "$37,890,000"

      On page 61, after line 27, insert the following:

      "(4)  $211,000 of the general fund state appropriation is provided solely for a study, conducted by energy office staff, of prospects for providing for energy self-sufficiency, environmental improvement and agricultural market expansion by greater use of ethanol and other motor vehicle fuels that are alternatives to gasoline.   A fourteen-member committee, with non-legislative members to be appointed by the director of the energy office, shall provide advice regarding the study and shall make recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 1992 regarding the state's role in developing ethanol and other alternative fuels.  The membership of the committee shall consist of (a) two agricultural producers whose products have potential for use as alternative fuels; (b) one producer of alternative fuels; (c) one representative of an oil company; (d) one representative of independent service station dealers; (e) one representative from the automobile manufacturing industry; (f) one member of the Washington State University faculty with expertise in developing agricultural products; (g) one representative of a consumer group; (h) the directors of the department of agriculture and the energy office; and (i) two members of the Senate, one from each caucus, one of whom serves on the transportation committee, appointed by the president of the Senate, and two members of the House of Representatives, one from each caucus, one of whom serves on the agricultural committee and one of whom serves on the energy committee, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives."

EFFECT:  Increases the general fund state appropriation to the Energy Office by $211,000 and provides that this amount is to be used for a study of potential for development of ethanol and other similar fuels.  A committee is to advise the Energy Office regarding the study and to make recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 1992 regarding the state's role in the development of these fuels.