HOUSE BILL REPORT
SSB 6006
As Passed House
March 2, 1994
Title: An act relating to the judicial information system.
Brief Description: Concerning the judicial information system.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators A. Smith and Nelson; by request of Administrator for the Courts).
Brief History:
Reported by House Committee on:
Revenue, February 23, 1994, DP.
Passed House, March 2, 1994,94-0.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON REVENUE
Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 16 members: Representatives G. Fisher, Chair; Holm, Vice Chair; Foreman, Ranking Minority Member; Fuhrman, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Anderson; Brown; Caver; Cothern; Leonard; Romero; Rust; Silver; Talcott; Thibaudeau; Van Luven and Wang.
Staff: Rick Peterson (786-7150).
Background: The judicial information system account receives income from in-state noncourt users and from out-of-state users of the judicial information system. The Legislature appropriates money to the account to support the judicial information system. Service charges from noncourt users and out-of-state users amount to about $400,000 a biennium. About $14 million a biennium is spent from the Public Safety and Education Account to support the judicial information system.
Summary of Bill: The State Supreme Count may, by rule, increase fines, penalties and assessments for deposit into the judicial information system account: $10 is added to traffic infractions, a $10 appearance cost is assessed for defendants, and a $10 assessment is added for each person requesting a time payment schedule on a traffic infraction. The money in the account shall be used for acquisition of equipment and other costs incidental to the development and operation of the judicial information system. The account is subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: None.
Testimony Against: None.
Witnesses: None.