HOUSE BILL REPORT

                  HB 2470

             As Reported By House Committee on:

                       Appropriations

Title:  An act relating to fiscal matters.

Brief Description:  Making supplemental appropriations.

Sponsor(s):  Representatives Locke, Silver, Spanel and Inslee; by request of Governor Gardner.

Brief History:

  Reported by House Committee on:

Appropriations, January  24, 1992, DPS.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON

APPROPRIATIONS

Majority Report: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  Signed by 16 members:  Representatives Locke, Chair; Inslee, Vice Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Appelwick; Belcher; Dorn; Ebersole; Hine; Peery; Pruitt; Rust; H. Sommers; Sprenkle; Valle; Wang; and Wineberry.

Minority Report: Do not pass.  Signed by 10 members:  Representatives Silver, Ranking Minority Member; Morton, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Bowman; Brekke; Carlson; Ferguson; Lisk; May; Mielke; and Nealey.

Staff:  Ruta Fanning (786-7138).

Background:  The state government operates on the basis of a fiscal biennium that begins on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.  A biennial operating budget was enacted in the 1991 special legislative session.

Summary of Substitute Bill:  The 1991-93 operating appropriations act is amended.

Appropriations:  See bill.

Effective Date of Substitute Bill:  The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.