SENATE BILL REPORT

                                    SB 6357

                      AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 12, 1992

Brief Description:  Making technical changes to statutes concerning solid waste and recycling.

SPONSORS: Senator Metcalf

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES

Majority Report:  Do pass. 

      Signed by Senators Metcalf, Chairman; Oke, Vice Chairman; Amondson, Barr, Conner, Owen, Snyder, and Sutherland.

Staff:  Gary Wilburn (786‑7453)

Hearing Dates: January 29, 1992

BACKGROUND:

In 1989, legislation was enacted to provide local governments greater flexibility to procure solid waste facilities and services.  Included in the legislation was a limitation on the use of the alternative selection process when local government is selecting contractors for construction of certain solid waste handling facilities.  However, that limitation was incorrectly added to provisions of law relating to establishment of systems of solid waste handling, rather than to the laws governing local government selection of vendors for construction of solid waste facilities.

In 1991, comprehensive legislation addressing recycling and the development of markets for recyclable materials was enacted.  Several technical revisions to the legislation have been recommended.

SUMMARY:

Provisions relating to a limitation on local government selection of solid waste facility vendors are moved to the correct sections of law addressing this subject.  Grammatical changes are made to provisions of the 1991 recycling legislation.  A correction to the legislation on reduction of heavy metals in product packaging is made to clarify that the limitations do not apply to the products within the packaging.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

TESTIMONY FOR:  None

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  No one