SENATE BILL REPORT

                                   SHB 2251

         AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON LAW & JUSTICE, FEBRUARY 25, 1992

Brief Description:  Correcting double amendments relating to support obligations.

SPONSORS: House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Appelwick, Padden, Winsley and Paris)

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LAW & JUSTICE

Majority Report:  Do pass. 

      Signed by Senators Nelson, Chairman; Thorsness, Vice Chairman; Erwin, Hayner, M. Kreidler, Madsen, Newhouse, Rasmussen, and A. Smith.

Staff:  Susan Carlson (786‑7418)

Hearing Dates: February 25, 1992

BACKGROUND:

RCW 26.23.110 was amended twice during the 1989 legislative session, each without reference to the other.  The Law Revision Commission reviewed the bill to correct the double amendments and to clarify the statute as combined.

The statute concerns the collection procedure the Department of Social and Health Services must use when the child support order does not state the current or future support obligation as a fixed dollar amount.

SUMMARY:

The double amendments to RCW 26.23.110 are corrected and merged into one statute.  In addition, the merged statute is modified by using more precise terms and improving the grammar.   

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

TESTIMONY FOR:  None

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  No one