5432 AAS 3/20/91

 

 

 

SB 5432 - S AMD

By Senators Patterson, Vognild, Madsen and Nelson

 

                           Adopted as Amended 3/20/91 - Voice Vote

 

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

 

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 43.08.250 and 1985 c 57 s 27 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Of the money received by the state treasurer from fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties, reimbursements or assessments by any court organized under Title 3 or 35 RCW, or chapter 2.08 RCW, seventy percent shall be deposited in the public safety and education account which is hereby created in the ((state treasury)) general fund, and thirty percent shall be deposited in the traffic safety and enforcement account hereby created in the transportation fund.

    (a) The legislature shall appropriate the funds in the public safety and education account to promote ((traffic safety education, highway safety,)) criminal justice training, crime victims' compensation, judicial education, the judicial information system, winter recreation parking, and state game programs.

    (b) Moneys in the traffic safety and enforcement account shall be used for promotion of traffic safety education, highway safety, the safety education officer program, driver education, commercial vehicle enforcement, and other programs related to driver and vehicle safety, enforcement, and administration.  All earnings of investments of balances in the traffic safety and enforcement account shall be credited to the transportation fund, notwithstanding RCW 43.84.090.

    (c) All earnings of investments of balances in the public safety and education account shall be credited to the general fund.

    (2) The ending fund balance on June 30, 1993, as determined by the state treasurer, shall be allocated on July 1, 1993, as follows:  Seventy percent to the public safety and education account and thirty percent to the traffic safety and enforcement account."

 

    "Sec. 2.  RCW 43.84.090 and 1990 2nd ex.s. c 1 s 203 are each amended to read as follows:

    Except as otherwise provided by RCW 43.250.030, 67.40.025, ((and)) 82.14.050, and section 1(1)(b) of this act, twenty percent of all income received from such investments shall be deposited in the state general fund."

 

    "NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.    A study shall be performed by the senate ways and means committee, the house of representatives appropriations committee, and the legislative transportation committee to examine issues related to the public safety and education account.  The study shall examine and make recommendations regarding, but not limited to, the following:  The effectiveness of all programs receiving appropriations from the account, which purposes should be added or deleted from RCW 43.08.250, which programs should have priority for increased funding from the account, the method of distributing and appropriating account revenue, and the logical connection between the sources and uses of account revenue.  A report shall be presented to the legislature no later than July 1, 1992.  This section shall take effect July 1, 1991."

 

    "NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.    Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect July 1, 1993."

 

 

 

SB 5432 - S AMD

By Senators Patterson, Vognild, Madsen and Nelson

 

                           Adopted as Amended 3/20/91 - Voice Vote

 

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "programs;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 43.08.250 and 43.84.090; creating a new section; and providing an effective date."