6515-S.E AMH COOP ALLE 20

ESSB 6515 - H AMD TO H AMD (H5532.3) 1174 FAILED 3-06-98

By Representative Cooper

     Beginning on page 7, line 32, strike all of subsection (2) and insert the following:

A(2)  The advisory committee shall be comprised of:

     (a)  Four members of the senate, with two members from the majority caucus appointed by the senate majority leader, and two members from the minority caucus appointed by the senate minority leader;

     (b)  Four members of the house of representatives, with two members from the majority caucus appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and two members from the minority caucus appointed by the house minority leader;

     (c)  The secretary of the department of transportation or his or her designee; 

     (d)  One representative of the governor, appointed by the governor;

     (e)  One representative of counties, appointed by the governor upon the advice of the Washington state association of counties;

     (f)  One representative of cities, appointed by the governor upon the advice of the association of Washington cities; and

     (g)  One representative of the telecommunications industry, appointed by the governor.@

EFFECT:  Reconfigures the advisory committee to remove requirements that legislative members be in specified proportions from specified committees.  Eliminates provisions requiring the appointment of alternate members.  Decreases the number of Governor=s representatives from two to one, and eliminates the member from the department of information services.  Adds one representative each from the counties, cities, and telecommunications industry, to be appointed by the Governor.  Increases the size of the committee from 10 to 13.