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                 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4428

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Horn, Silver, Ballard, Schoesler, McMorris, Reams, Fuhrman, Forner, Brough, L. Thomas, B. Thomas, Backlund, Sheahan, Stevens, Foreman, Cooke, Dyer, Wood, Brumsickle, Long, Tate and Mielke

Read first time 01/24/94.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Creating a joint select committee on fiscal policy for nonappropriated funds.

    WHEREAS, There are over two hundred separate state funds from which expenditures receive no legislative oversight because they are nonappropriated; and

    WHEREAS, Over half of the nonappropriated funds are not allotted and are therefore not monitored by the office of financial management; and

    WHEREAS, Revenue for the nonappropriated, nonallotted funds is derived from numerous sources, including charges for services and fees; and

    WHEREAS, There is no mechanism to review the fee and charge-setting policies of the agencies setting fees and charges; and

    WHEREAS, Hundreds of millions of dollars are being expended from these funds, and hundreds of millions of dollars of revenues are being deposited into these funds; and

    WHEREAS, There is a need for legislative review of the revenue-generating policies and expenditures of the agencies in their respective management of nonappropriated funds;

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the state of Washington, the Senate concurring, That a joint select committee on fiscal policy for nonappropriated funds be established to examine the revenues to and expenditures from all state nonappropriated funds, to explore the fee and charge-setting policies of agencies generating revenues for these funds, to recommend consistent policies in this area, and to recommend whether certain nonappropriated funds be appropriated; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee consist of eight members, four members each selected by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That staff support to the committee be provided by legislative fiscal staff and the office of financial management; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee report its findings and recommendations to the legislature at the regular session in 1995.

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