HOUSE BILL REPORT

                 SSB 5717

             As Reported By House Committee On:

                       Capital Budget

Title:  An act relating to the capital budget.

Brief Description:  Adopting the capital budget.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Rinehart, Bluechel and Snyder; by request of Office of Financial Management).

Brief History:

  Reported by House Committee on:

Capital Budget, April 14, 1993, DPA.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL BUDGET

Majority Report:  Do pass as amended.  Signed by 12 members:  Representatives Wang, Chair; Ogden, Vice Chair; Brough; Eide; R. Fisher; Heavey; Jacobsen; Jones; Ludwig; Romero; Silver; and Sommers.

Minority Report:  Do not pass.  Signed by 3 members:  Representatives Sehlin, Ranking Minority Member; Morton, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; and Thomas.

Staff:  Bill Robinson (786-7140).

Background:  Every two years the Legislature adopts a biennial capital budget approving the expenditure of state moneys for capital purposes.  Included in the capital budget are moneys for remodeling and construction of public schools, institutions of higher education, parks and green spaces, and state office buildings.

Summary of Amended Bill:  The bill contains the omnibus capital appropriations for the 1993-95 Biennium.  (See attached list for specific projects.)

Amended Bill Compared to Substitute Bill:  See the attached list of specific projects.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Appropriation:  See attached list of specific projects.

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

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Witnesses:  None.