CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6037

                   Chapter 388, Laws of 1995

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

       INDEPENDENT REGULATORY OVERSIGHT COMMISSION STUDY

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/23/95

Passed by the Senate April 19, 1995   YEAS 43   NAYS 0 JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate Passed by the House April 14, 1995   YEAS 91   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6037 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN                             Secretary

Approved May 16, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                       May 16, 1995 - 11:38 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6037

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Sheldon, Hale, Rinehart, Haugen, Drew, Oke, Kohl, Fairley, Franklin, Snyder, Quigley, Bauer, McAuliffe, Fraser, Sutherland and Gaspard

Read first time 02/27/95.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Creating the Washington Independent Regulatory Affairs Commission.

    AN ACT Relating to the creation of the Washington independent regulatory affairs commission; and adding new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that the proliferation and complexity of state agency rules requires oversight beyond that which is currently provided by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.  The legislature further finds that some states have created independent commissions to oversee the regulatory process, and that this type of commission may have merit in Washington's system of regulatory oversight.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The senate and house of representatives government operations committees shall conduct a joint interim study on the advisability of creating an independent commission to provide oversight of the state's regulatory system.  The study may include an examination of the appropriate roles for the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government in the oversight of rule making.  The study may also include an analysis of the costs of creating an independent commission and the benefits to be obtained.  The committees may examine the possible functions of an independent commission, including its role in the systematic review of existing agency rules for compliance with the determinations contained in section 201, chapter. . ., Laws of 1995 (section 201 of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1010).  The committees shall report their recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 1996.

    Passed the Senate April 19, 1995.

    Passed the House April 14, 1995.

Approved by the Governor May 16, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 1995.