FINAL BILL REPORT

                  SSB 5183

                          C 194 L 95

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Regarding county auditors.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Hale, Haugen, Winsley and Deccio).

Senate Committee on Government Operations

House Committee on Government Operations

Background:  Some county statutes still contain duplicative provisions, archaic language and references to record-keeping techniques no longer practiced.

Summary:  The terms used for county government are modernized in sections concerning the county auditor, prosecuting attorney, county commissioners, county finances and county road engineer records.  The board of county commissioners, rather than each member of the board, must file the inventory of capitalized assets.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate    48 0

House     89 8 (House amended)

Senate    44 0 (Senate concurred)

Effective:  July 23, 1995