FINAL BILL REPORT

                     ESHB 2553

PARTIAL VETO

                                 C 166 L 92

Brief Description:  Adopting the 1992 supplemental transportation budget.

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives R. Fisher, Betrozoff, R. Meyers and Dellwo; by request of Governor Gardner).

House Committee on Transportation

Senate Committee on Transportation

Background:  Appropriation authority is required for the expenditure of state funds.  State government operates on the basis of a fiscal biennium that begins on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.  A biennial budget was enacted during the 1991 legislative session.

Summary:  A $142 million budget appropriation is made for transportation agencies of which $118 million is from the motor vehicle fund-federal and other funds.  The $33 million appropriation for the Washington State Patrol headquarters facility is eliminated. 

Additional funding is provided for the Federal Interstate Program and Federal Demonstration projects identified in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. 

Votes on Final Passage:

House 97    0

Senate   41    6    (Senate amended)

House             (House refused to concur)

Conference Committee

Senate   44    5

House 95    2

Effective:     April 1, 1992

Partial Veto Summary:  Three items were vetoed by the governor:  (1) the requirement that the Department of Transportation adhere to the 1987 federal delineation of wetlands for mitigation purposes; (2) a $100,000 appropriation and proviso to fund a study of the interrelationship between land use planning and zoning and transit ridership; and (3) a requirement that the Office of Financial Management conduct a study of the methods used by revolving fund agencies to charge for services provided to transportation agencies. (See VETO MESSAGE)