SENATE BILL REPORT

                                   ESHB 1330

           AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS, APRIL 12, 1991

Brief Description:  Making appropriations and authorizing expenditures for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 1993.

SPONSORS:House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Locke, Silver, Spanel, Inslee, Morton and Holland; by request of Governor Gardner).

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS

Majority Report:  Do pass as amended.

      Signed by Senators McDonald, Chairman; Craswell, Vice Chairman; Bailey, Bluechel, Cantu, Hayner, Johnson, Matson, Metcalf, Newhouse, Saling, L. Smith, and West.

Minority Report:  Do not pass as amended.

      Signed by Senators Bauer, Gaspard, L. Kreidler, Murray, Niemi, Owen, Rinehart, Talmadge, Williams, and Wojahn.

Staff:  Steve Jones (786‑7715)

Hearing Dates:April 3, 1991; April 12, 1991

BACKGROUND:

The State Constitution prohibits the expenditure of state moneys except pursuant to an appropriation by law.  Expenditures of money for the operating expenses of the agencies and institutions of state government are authorized by the Legislature for fiscal periods of two years, beginning on July 1 in odd-numbered years.

SUMMARY:

Appropriations from the state general fund and other special funds and accounts are made for the operating expenses of state government for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 1991 and ending June 30, 1993.

Appropriation:  $24.3 billion (of which $15.5 billion is from the state general fund).

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

Effective Date:  July 1, 1991

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENT:

Various appropriations are modified.  $65.7 million is transferred to the budget stabilization account.

TESTIMONY FOR:

Funding for various programs and projects was requested, including early childhood education, nutrition programs, low-income housing, and public employee benefits and compensation.

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  Gary Moore, Mark Brown, Federation of State Employees; Wendy Roedell, Tammy Sanasac, Brenda Boson, citizens; Lauri Lippold, Children's Home Society; Margaret Casey, Catholic Conference; Mike Ryherd, Human Services Roundtable