HB 2111.E - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS PASSED LEGISLATURE)

     Adopts the supplemental transportation budget.

VETO MESSAGE ON HB 2111

                   May 18, 1993

To the Honorable Speaker and Members,

  The House of Representatives of the State of Washington

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     I am returning herewith, without my approval Engrossed House Bill No. 2111 entitled:

"AN ACT Relating to transportation appropriations;"

     This is the 1991-93 supplemental budget for the Board of Pilotage Commissioners, the Department of Licensing and the Department of Transportation.  I support the additional appropriation provided in the legislation.  However, the bill does not contain an emergency clause.  This is an inadvertent technical error which would mean the bill will not become effective for 90 days from the end of the Legislative session.  The 1991-93 biennium will be over at that point, making this bill meaningless.

     Appropriation increases matching this bill have been included in Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5972, the 1993-95 Transportation Budget, which includes an emergency clause and effective dates that allow the expenditures in the current Biennium.

     For these reasons, I have vetoed Engrossed House Bill No. 2111 in its entirety.

                   Respectfully submitted,

                   Mike Lowry

                   Governor