HOUSE BILL REPORT

                  HB 2260

             As Reported By House Committee on:

                       Appropriations

Title:  An act relating to making technical corrections to chapter 35, Laws of 1991.

Brief Description:  Making technical corrections to chapter 35, Laws of 1991.

Sponsor(s):  Representatives Spanel, McLean, Hine, Wineberry, D. Sommers and Wynne; by request of Joint Committee on Pension Policy.

Brief History:

  Reported by House Committee on:

Appropriations, February 3, 1992, DPA.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON

APPROPRIATIONS

Majority Report: Do pass as amended.  Signed by 29 members:  Representatives Locke, Chair; Inslee, Vice Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Silver, Ranking Minority Member; Morton, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Appelwick; Belcher; Bowman; Braddock; Brekke; Carlson; Dorn; Ferguson; Fuhrman; Hine; Lisk; May; Mielke; Nealey; Peery; Pruitt; Rust; D. Sommers; H. Sommers; Sprenkle; Valle; Vance; Wang; and Wineberry.

Staff:  Barbara McLain (786-7153).

Background:  In 1991, the Legislature adopted Substitute House Bill 1270, which reorganized and recodified the chapters of the Revised Code of Washington dealing with the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS), the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), and the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement System (LEOFF).  The bill reorganized sections of Chapters 41.40, 41.32, and 41.26 RCW so that sections pertaining to Plan I and Plan II of the retirement systems would be easier to reference.  The bill also decodified or repealed obsolete statutes, updated references, and made other technical changes.

The Office of the Code Reviser has identified a number of technical changes that would further clarify the codification of the chapters and several internal references that should be corrected.

Summary of Amended Bill:  The recodification of statutes pertaining to public retirement systems authorized in Chapter 35, Laws of 1991 (Substitute House Bill 1270) is ratified and the code reviser is authorized to correct all statutory references to sections that have been recodified.

Sections of the code are clarified to indicate which provisions apply to Plan I and Plan II of the Public Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, and the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement System.  Certain redundant sections are repealed, and several internal references are corrected.

Amended Bill Compared to Original Bill:  Three additional technical amendments are made to correct codification and references to statutes.

Fiscal Note:  Available.

Effective Date of Amended Bill:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Witnesses:  None.