FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 1037

                          C 8 L 93

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Correcting a double amendment relating to auction sales of county property.

By Representatives Bray, H. Myers and Edmondson; by request of Law Revision Commission.

House Committee on Local Government

Senate Committee on Government Operations

Background:  RCW 36.34.080, relating to the sale of county property, was amended differently in two separate laws that were enacted in 1991.

The first amendment deleted language requiring the county legislative authority to direct where the sale will be held.

The second amendment granted counties the flexibility to sell the property using a private consignment auction or sealed bid process, in lieu of the traditional sale of the property at a public auction, and restricted the sale to the highest and best bidder over the minimum sale price.

Summary:  RCW 36.34.080 is corrected to include both changes that were made to that statute in separate amendments that were enacted in 1991.

Votes on Final Passage:

House  95 0

Senate 40 0

Effective:  July 25, 1993